Being (the Digital Griot): Decolonization Workshop

This interactive experience combines aspects of ballroom culture, the writings of bell hooks and Paulo Freire and communal storytelling in an effort toward liberation.

This interactive experience combines aspects of ballroom culture, the writings of bell hooks and Paulo Freire and communal storytelling in an effort toward liberation. This interactive workshop led by Being (they/them) gets participants on their feet learning the basic movements in Vogue Form, embodying the learning experience before digging into the history around the community that created these dance forms and the oppression they’ve endured. The audience is asked to consider how capitalism, imperialism, white supremacy and patriarchy impact their lives and to speak to one another and to Being about strategies they can develop to start to liberate themselves from that apparatus of domination. With a horizontal learning approach, Being and the audience together hold space for everyone to tell their story, one of the first steps toward strengthening community. This event is Pick your Price (sugg. $5) and free for students Get more info and tickets here.

Sponsored by: Hopkins Center for the Arts