Dance Magazine CelebrateS UBW’s 40th Anniversary

Written By Urban Bush Women
 
 

Cover story:

At a Transitional Point in Urban Bush Women’s History, Its Leaders Are Both Preserving a Legacy and Pursuing New Experiments

by Sydnie L. Moseley

What does it mean to sustain a Black-woman–led dance company for 40 years? What kind of vision is necessary? What are the key resources, broadly interpreted—not just money, but also people-places-things? What is the additional creative labor that leadership must take on to embed the company’s core values in every part of the work, and to engage communities in meaningful ways?

Urban Bush Women

Founded in 1984 by choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women (UBW) seeks to bring the untold and under-told histories and stories of disenfranchised people to light through dance. We do this from a woman-centered perspective and as members of the African Diaspora community in order to create a more equitable balance of power in the dance world and beyond.

https://www.urbanbushwomen.org
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