In Full Bloom: Wildflowers

Shawla Mackall and Movement for the Urban Village presents two major works, which address issues of heritage, legacy and progress. “Bearers,” is an exploration of women’s relationship to each other and to the legacy of struggle against oppression viewed across several generations and set to the Blues, Rock and Funk of Parliament and Funkadelic. “Ghetto Rock” sets Traditional African Dance into the surprisingly fitting, urban soundscape of its Hip Hop, Punk, House and No Wave score. In addition to these new works MUV will be reprising Mackall’s “Thembi” a contemporary jazz dance excerpted from the larger work, P.S., the lively “Canon for 4 Dancers,” as well as, “Sista Goddess,” a moving duet which was created in collaboration with Tilishia Bradley from MUV’s 2005 season.