Allison Hurd '11 on The Good Dance--dakar/brooklyn

Brooklyn-based Reggie Wilson / Fist & Heel Performance Group brings The Good Dance--dakar/brooklyn to Wesleyan following its engagement at BAM. The collaboration is the result of Wilson's multi-year exchange with choreographer Andreya Ouamba and his Company, 1er Temps, based in Dakar, Senegal. Accompanied by the driving rhythms of their own percussion, aspirated breath, singing and shouts, Fist & Heel blends deep ritual based in the spiritual traditions of the African diaspora into potent, beautiful and energizing contemporary dance. In The Good Dance, Wilson and Ouamba bring their dance forms together to explore the secular and religious traditions of Central Africa and their parallels with Mississippi Delta culture. Funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project. Co-sponsored by Wesleyan's Center for African American Studies (CAAS). Listen to Allison's interview with choreographer Reggie Wilson at http://soundcloud.com/creativeresearchlab/interview-with-choreographer-reggie...

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