COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Excerpt of Silver Linings: Triumph of Loss
Silver Linings: Triumph of Loss is a multidisciplinary dance piece that explores our perspectives of loss. The work examines how individual loss and categorical loss can be reimagined by focusing on healing and joyful celebration of what we can gained. The piece is a moving ritual aimed to transform all who participate and witness.
Choreography: Kendra Ross in collaboration with dancers
Performed by: Kendra Ross, Rakia Seaborn, Efeya Sampson
Music By: Austin Guerazzi
Video by: Alex Romania
Created as Artist in Residence at Brooklyn Studios for Dance (2017)
Running Time: 45 minutes (excerpts as short as 5 min)
Excerpt of Manifest Divine
Manifest Divine explores the manifestations of the Lucumi based Orisha from my perspective as and African American woman. This excerpt is honoring the deity Oshun.
Choreography and Performance by Kendra Ross
Music by Everett Saunders
Video by Charles Dennis
Performed at Ailey Citigroup Theater (2014)
Running Time 15 minutes
Excerpt of Warrior's Path
This piece explores how the training, discipline, and focus of a physical or spiritual warrior mirrors the training of an artist.
Choreography and Performance by Kendra J. Ross
Original Music by Farai Malinaga
Poetry by Tim 'Prolific' Jones
Performed at Dixon Place (2016)
Running Time 8 minutes
STooPS 2021 Art Crawl
Take a peek inside the Annual STooPS Art. Crawl held in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. For more info visit www.stoopsbedstuy.org