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dancing in snow
CHOREOGRAPHY
Roderick George
DANCERS
Edgar Aguirre, Kate Coleman, Nicole Hagen, ColleenHendricks, Sam McReynolds, JM Rodriguez, and Ryan Ruiz, and Dave X
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The poetic title is a metaphor for those who have had to assimilate into a society of White America. RoderickGeorge’s new work is a deeper redevelopment of Tainted, a solo piece premiered at the Odyssey in 2020. The original work was a solo narrowed on the vision of the dancer, Jamila Glass, and how she could see her existence as the only Black woman in white spaces.
In the new work with a more extensive cast, Glass is joined by LACDC dancers Kate Coleman, Nicole Hagen, Colleen Hendricks, JM Rodriguez, and Ryan Ruiz,
and guest artists Edgar Aguirre, Sam McReynolds, and Dave X to offer a sophisticated and thoughtful statement about Black and Queer experiences and how cultural appropriation and tokenism separate Black dancing and culture from Black bodies.