The Spring 2021 season of premieres commissioned by BAC includes a series of live-streamed talks with the artists about their projects and creative processes.
In conjunction with the premiere of Use Your Head For More, composer Justin Hicks talks with singer-songwriter and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello. They are joined by Hicks' collaborators.
Hicks and Ndegeocello became collaborators in 2016 when Hicks performed in Ndegeocello's music theater work Can I Get a Witness? The Gospel of James Baldwin at Harlem Stage. The two have since entered into extended conversation as peer artists and friends.
Use Your Head For More is available to watch free, on demand February 15 – March 1, Monday at 5PM ET until Monday at 5PM ET.
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BAC Artist Commissions made possible with generous leadership support from Anonymous, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Howard Gilman Foundation, Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Thompson Family Foundation, and Robert and Kathleen Wallace.
Lead support of dance programming at BAC is provided by the Rudolf Nureyev Endowment.
As of January, 2021.
Justin Hicks
Justin Hicks is a multidisciplinary artist and performer whose sound and music work has been featured at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Performance Space New York, The Public Theater, JACK, Paisley Park, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Highline, and The Institute for Contemporary Art (Philadelphia) among many others.
Meshell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello is a bassist, vocalist, and songwriter, whose music incorporates a wide variety of influences: funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae, and rock. She has garnered critical acclaim throughout her career, including ten career Grammy Award nominations.
Photos: Maria Baranova, Kenita Miller-Hicks