JAN 15, 3PM jumatatu m. poe transitions into terrestrial

jumatatu m. poe transitions into terrestrial

JAN 15, 3PM

Presentation by jumatatu m. poe Managing Producer: Marýa Wethers

FUNDING

terrestrial is supported in part by New York Live Arts’ Live Feed Residency program, supported in part by Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Partners for New Performance. terrestrial is a Creative Capital Project, has received support from the MAP Fund, and was developed in partnership with Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts’ Caroline Hearst Choreographer-In-Residence Program.

jumatatu m. poe: I am a choreographer and performer based between land of the Tutelo-Saponi speaking peoples (Durham) and lands of the Lenape peoples (Philadelphia) who grew up dancing around the living room and at parties with my siblings and cousins. My early exposure to concert dance was through African dance and capoeira performances on California college campuses where my Pan- Africanist parents studied and worked, but I did not start “formal” dance training until college with Umfundalai, Kariamu Welsh’s contemporary African dance technique. My work continues to be influenced by various sources, including my foundations in those living rooms and parties, my early technical training in contemporary African dance, my continued study of contemporary dance and performance, my movement trainings with dancer and anatomist Irene Dowd around anatomy and proprioception, my sociological research of and technical training in J-sette performance with Donte Beacham. Through my artistic work, I strive to engage in and further dialogues with Black queer folks, create lovingly agitating performance work that recognizes History as only one option for the contextualization of the present, and continue to encourage artists to understand themselves as part of a larger community of workers who are imagining pathways toward economic ecosystems that prioritize care, interdependence, and delight.