wind sounds
like water
ear to heartbeat
the calming waves of night
the not so distant murmurings of house
the perfect salve for sleep.
From The Dark Tower: A “recitation” of Countee Cullen’s poetic in honor of his induction into NY Writers’ Hall of Fame
•April 28, 2013 • Leave a CommentFrom the Dark Tower
We shall not always plant while others reap
The golden increment of bursting fruit,
Not always countenance, abject and mute,
That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap;
Not everlastingly while others sleep
Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute,
Not always bend to some more subtle brute;
We were not made to eternally weep.
The night whose sable breast relieves the stark,
White stars is no less lovely being dark,
And there are buds that cannot bloom at all
In light, but crumple, piteous, and fall;
So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds,
And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.
Sir Cullen your words remain with me throughout the many years since i first recited them in highschool. Congratulations on being inducted into the NY Writers’ Hall of Fame!
"Engaging the world through the dancing body" - One World's Initial Reflections
•March 31, 2013 • Leave a Comment
On Monday, April 8th, Moving Dialogs' One World event will take place inside the Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center. Our Moving Reflections contributor for this event, the esteemed Dr. C. S'thembile West, offers some initial thoughts to ponder prior to this public "conversation":
"Dancing bodies communicate on multiple levels with respect to kinesis,
physicality, emotionality, technique, nuance and insinuation.
Come be part of "One World": A Call for Dancers, Musicians to be one of the "7" on April 8th at Chicago Cultural Center
•March 16, 2013 • Leave a Comment
In crafting the next moving dialog, here's an opportunity to be involved as one of the core participants:
Come be part of "One World" at the Chicago Cultural Center on Monday April 8th from 6:30 - 8:00pm!
Dance Groups & Musicians from diverse neighborhoods throughout Chicago are invited to perform live inside the Tiffany-domed Preston Bradley Hall…
Be part of "One World" - an event for the Moving Dialogs series i'm curating...
creating space. opening up the body to a conversation on “diversity”. Sunday, March 10th in Chicago.
•March 8, 2013 • Leave a CommentIt’s about who’s in the room…
Old Town School of Folk Music – Myron R. Szold Hall
6:30pm on Sunday, March 10th, after months of envisioning, collaborating, researching and conversing, this “room” at Old Town School of Folk Music, will become the “space” for a continuing dialog on diversity…
The diversity that existed Then
10 years
50 years ago
beyond a century ago
will co-exist with the Now
that moment you decided to come be part of this conversation
the diverse legacies that each one of us carries will fill this space
open up our bodies to listening in distinctive ways
and bring forth discoveries that may be deeply personal
or simply intellectual
or to just listening. that’s enough.
with Moving Dialogs: Diversity+Dance, i curated with the vision to embrace the co-existence of diverse bodies & voices in one space. within the opening event - Diversity: Then/Now – this intermingling may bring out polarities, moments of unison & break open some new thoughts.
it’s all about who’s in the room.
Audience Architects’ Moving Dialogs series begins March 10, 2013 with “Diversity – Then/Now,” at the Old Town School of Folk Music’s Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Hall. The discussion, which begins at 6:30pm, is free and open to the public (RSVP here). Core participants scheduled to participate are:
Robert Battle, Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Sarah Dandelles, Dance Education Director, Old Town School of Folk Music
Julie Nakagawa, Artistic Director, DanceWorks Chicago
Onye Ozuzu, Chair, Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Wilfredo Rivera, Artistic Director, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre
Emerging Artists NIC K and Dorian Rhea
Moving Dialogs curator Baraka de Soleil will host and moderate the discussion. Produced by Audience Architects: Heather Hartley, Executive Director; Carissa Johnson, Program Manager; Gery Moore – Assistant to the Curator.
corny heart poem for a lovesick child
•February 13, 2013 • Leave a Commentthe depth of touch
like sacred bliss
hands hold hands
come closer
when lips meet lips
an exhale escapes
rendering the sweetest kiss.
heart opens
welcomes love’s abyss
Donkor Nsuo/find peace
•January 9, 2013 • Leave a Comment
lay river
by her
ease her passing
she not go
til she believes
we found peace
