| Title |
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange & the Dancers of the Third Age
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| Description |
Spearheaded by Lerman and the Dance Exchange, "The Awakening" was a Washington, D.C.-focused project that sought to observe and address the city's high murder rate among young African American males. This event brings together numerous groups and individuals for performances in the gymnasium of D.C.'s McKinley High School. 00:00:00 - Pre-performance gathering and warm-ups; 00:24:45 - Lerman and Kimberli Boyd (the project's co-director) alternate in giving an introduction to the event, citing theme of "Mourn, sing, shout, dance, survive," and including Lerman offering the Jewish Shehechianu prayer and Boyd offering a libation in African tradition; 00:31:22 -- Lerman introduces and performs a solo relating the genesis of the project and some of her encounters with friends and advisors; 00:36:35 - Ensemble dance with Dance Exchange, Dancers of the Third Age, community members; 00:42:43 - Singer Lucy Murphy sings and leads a song; 00:47:00 -Carol Foster introduces D.C. Youth Ensemble which performs "Angelitos Negros," followed by circle ceremony to honor Foster; 01:04:27 - Theater artist Jennifer Nelson reads original work; 01:10:40 - Dance Exchange members lead a build-a-phrase ("We're going to shout with our bodies."); 01:10:40 - Boyd introduces McKinley Dance Project, focus of a seven week residency in the school, who perform "Still"; 01:21:10 - Additional reading by Jennifer Nelson; 01:30:28 -- Honor circle for McKinley teachers, led by Boyd; 01:35:45 - Dance Exchange's Tom Truss introduces members of Queer Nation, who perform a dance incorporating anti-LGBTQ slurs; 01:39: Jon Spelman reads on theme of "geography of violence"; 01:45:27 - Boyd introduces Christina Jones of Urban Bush Women who leads a song "I survive by..."; 01:55:04 - recording terminates mid-event.
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| Extent |
14 pages |
| Date |
1992-05-02 |
| Creator |
Boyd, Kimberli
, Anderson, Elena
, Truss, Tom
, Lerman, Liz
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| Subject(s) |
Dance--United States |
| Citation |
Series 3: Performance, 1964-2003; Subseries 2: Playbills, circa 1970-circa 2059 |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/67954
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#InC-EDU
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| Digital Collection(s) |
- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
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