Making Dance Visible: Prioritizing Place for Public Performance in Oakland
by Eboni Senai Hawkins “Our communities need to see our artists doing their art.” ~ Senay Dennis (aka Refa 1) As a transplant from New York (8 years and counting), I have come to expect the performing...
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by Eboni Senai Hawkins “Katrina played a big part in spreading bounce… We were displaced all over the world. People were trying to find bounce music like it was a drug.” ~ Big Freedia (on Late Night...
View ArticleRelevance & Reform: a Remixed Response to Randolph Belle
By Eboni Senai Hawkins “In a capitalist system, culture is a system of control.” – Todd Lester – Founder, www.freedimensional.org It’s 3am. I just got off the phone with a friend of mine – a talented...
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