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 Kolonial, choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland talks with writer and curator Eva Yaa Asantewaa.
Batten Bland and Yaa Asantewaa first connected through engagements with Gibney Dance, where Yaa Asantewaa currently serves as Senior Director of Curation and Editorial Director.
Kolonial is available to watch free, on demand May 3-17, Monday at 5PM ET until Monday at 5PM ET.
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.
Stefanie Batten Bland
Jerome Robbins awardee Stefanie Batten Bland is an interdisciplinary global artist who interrogates contemporary and historical culture. She situates her work at the intersection of dance-theatre and installation.
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Eva Yaa Asantewaa (she/her), a veteran writer, curator and community educator, won the 2017 Bessie Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance. She works at Gibney as Senior Director of Curation and Editorial Director. She is also the founder of Black Curators in Dance and Performance.