Movement Research at the Judson Church May 7, 2018
Kim Brandt*, Jana Lynne “JL” Umipig**, Alexandra Tatarsky*, Marion Spencer
Untitled
By: Kim Brandt
Performed by: Courtney Cooke, Leslie Cuyjet, Ayano Elson, Lydia Okrent and Nora Stephens
Work-in-progress, video not displayed per request of the artist
Excerpt from “Altar: Re-memberings of a Colonized Child”- “Ag Pada Tayo- We are the Same”
Written and Conceptualized by: Jana Lynne (JL) Umipig
Choreographer: Afaliah Tribune
Music: Blessing Ritual by Shant
Videography: Quentin Burley
“Altar: The Raising of a Colonized Child” is a multi-media play that pays homage to the relearning of spiritual practice by women, who were born in the US and have ancestral backgrounds that make them indigenous to another land territory. The play uplifts stories of people who have upheld spiritual practices crucial to survival in the face of oppression and the cultural erasure of migrant peoples and tells these truths through the raising of a child by her grandmother. This excerpt speaks to the relation of a young womxn to her grandmother through the body and the notion that our ancestors live in every part of our physical selves. The body in this case is an Altar that carries remnants, fragments of ancestral being and that are honored here, by honoring the memories of exchange between the young womxn and her grandmother.
SIGN FELT (some pieces of a piece)
Created & Performed by Alexandra Tatarsky
Dramaturgy: Basie Allen
Outside Eye: Eva Steinmetz
Videography: Quentin Burley
WOLF
Choreographed and performed by Marion Spencer
Music: Marion Spencer, Adam Crawley + Mike Wall, credit to Tuneyards Videography: Quentin Burley
Big thank yous to Prattsville Art Center (Nov 2017) and the Peaceable Barn (April 2018), where this work in progress was born and developed while in residence.
*2016 Movement Research Artists-in-Residence
**Curated by Chloe C. Chotrani through the Artists of Color Council