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Work-In-Progress Showing with @slmdances
A Side Of The World For A Canvas
Based on the work of Zora Neale Hurston

📅 Saturday May 16
⏰ 2-4PM
🎟️ FREE Community Program! RSVP at the link in our bio.

A Side Of The World For A Canvas is a site-responsive dance-theater work crafted to highlight Zora Neale Hurston’s legacy as a dance and theater maker, a foremother of Black feminism, and an artist whose work across media amplified the stories of everyday Black folks. The title is a quote drawn from her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God that describes the ease with which men could shoot the breeze and tell stories to one another crafting their own version of reality. In this work, women and femmes assume this agency through story telling creating their own possibilities.

This informal sharing will include a performance of their work-in-progress developed during their residency week, and invite participation and feedback from witnesses. Open to all ages.

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This Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with @worksandprocess at the @guggenheim

Photo 1: by Effy Grey
Photo 2: by Shoc Photo
Photo 3: by Christopher Dugga

#bethanyartscommunity #dance #artistresidency #openrehearsal @thedanceconservatoryny @rivertowndanceacademy @purchasedance @pacedanceteam @pace_hhdc @pacecommercialdance @blackcowcoffeeco @blackwestchester @juneteenthcouncil @enubuilds @neweracreativespace

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This weekend I had the privilege of being honored by the Patapso River Maryland Chapter of The Links (@prclinks) as a part of their annual Women in the Arts program @morganstateu.

Their theme, Leading The Change: Women Shaping A Sustainable Future, honored me amongst a company of Black women who are both artists and change makers in their respective fields.

It was especially meaningful to receive this honor at home because may folks never forget, I’m from Baltimore.

Congratulations to all the honorees (listed below) and many thanks to The Links for this recognition.

@biglyss_
@joicartermusic
@leslieking_hammond
@holliehoodmincey
@created.byjoy
@starmakersdance
@ptts430
@tanearenee
April Ryan
@noreenjustissmith
@nicashiacreates
@kyoungteacher

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This week I had the pleasure of being a Guest Artist at @twudance. I had such a good time sharing with their undergrad and grad students.

From teaching @slmdances rep in technique classes, sharing creative practice in composition and through a lecture with performance video, to sharing thoughts on dance education, and sharing 15 years of personal and professional history with MFAs because I *wish* someone had told me a REAL, unfiltered story of life as an artist when I was imagining my life post-grad school.

Many thanks to the division faculty and staff for your hospitality. I hope to see you again!

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✨ repost from @twudance
✨ in good company with this month’s guest artists
✨ a busy schedule
✨ guest lecture in Contemporary Issues In Dance
✨ spotted: @ladydy161 and @fon_dance_theatre
✨ a quick catch up with Sky Full Of Elephants collaborator @leoncarlo
✨ in the presence of ESTEEMED alum @kayla_hamilton903

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38th revolution PART 1!

This year has been FULL and truly WILD. It has changed me more than I could have ever anticipated. I am grateful to be here, immersed in the realest support and LOVE. And I get to make art with brilliant people (who I also love) all the time. This life!!!!

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2024 Outstanding Choreographer / Creator - Bessie Nominees!!!

Swipe to celebrate the choreographers and creators whose vision shaped the 2024 dance season. These artists expanded movement, collaboration, and imagination across NYC stages.

Nominees:
Amanda Castro/Arielle Rosales/Brinda Guha - @solesofduende

Annie Rigney - @annierigney

Chanon Judson/Mame Diarra Speis-Biaye - @chanonjudson / @saspeis

Hyejin Jeong/Sung Hoon Kim/Jaeduk Kim - @seoulmetropolitandancetheatre

Hofesh Shechter - @hofeshco

Koma Otake - @danspaceproject

Kyle Marshall - @kmchoreo

Mai Le Ho - @layerhythm

Nia Love - @nialovedance

Shamel Pitts - @shamelpitts

Sydnie L. Mosley - @slmdances

Wanjiru Kamuyu - @wanjirudance

Don’t forget to tune in LIVE on YouTube for the Announcement Ceremony January 20th, 7pm at @dixonplace in NYC!!

#TheBessies #BessiesNominees #OutstandingChoreographer #NYCDance #DanceCreators

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UnOthr is about making spaces. In stories, in culture, and in life. We collaborate with artists, producers, institutions, and cultural leaders committed to building what comes next. We believe in the power of story to move people. Change people. And we are just getting started.
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Full video coming soon.
📸: @dotshotit

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I imagined us.
I imagined us being easy in the light, free of trauma, free of conflict—FREE. I tried my best to convert what I saw into letters, etch thoughts onto the page. But We were always more than a book could ever hold, wider, deeper and without edges. I never truly felt my words alone could do us justice. But on Thursday, November 6th, so much of what I’d imagined, I saw. I heard. I felt. Ideas in my head were transformed from reverie to memory. I witnessed my own words reflected against paint, poem, and voice—against drum, dance, and chord. One idea became many. Food in abundance, music, joy, brilliance, light and power. Libations poured over vibrations. On a Thursday night in Tribeca, what I’d imagined came to life. We shined together. Don’t gotta imagine no more. Just gotta keep on shining. Big, big thanks to @yari.mercedes. You already know it’s not possible without your vision, creativity, and brilliance. To @lenawaithe, my dear friend and prototype, thank you for always showing up for us. And to my wife, @riannsteele, thank you for making space for me so I could make space for us. To all the artists, to all the collaborators, to all those who came to celebrate the culture, and all those who hold space to imagine, I see you, and you know I got you.
Us. Before, now, and forever.
Event video coming tomorrow, link to all the event photos over at @unothrone (bio).
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📸: @langleyseye and @thecleveragency

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✨ Dreams woven into movement ✨
Friday, October 3rd, we brought PURPLE home to Barnard for the Weaving Dreams Exhibition Opening a full-circle moment celebrating the collaboration between SLMDances founder Sydnie L. Mosley (BC ’07) and professor and textile artist Dr. Kim F Hall, 💜
This iteration of PURPLE honored the traditions of sisterhood maintained by Black and Brown women across generations, centering elders as royalty through oral storytelling, embodiment, and audience participation.

Seeded during her time at Barnard studying with Professor Hall and the legendary Ntozake Shange ‘70, Sydnie’s work continues to cultivate joy in community spaces and amplify women’s voices.

Shoutout to our associate director and dramaturg Amy Shoshana Blumberg (BC ’09) for leading this interactive experience, and to performer Dyane Harvey Salaam, Indigo Sparks, Kendra J Ross, and Jazelynn Goudy for bringing the magic ✨
Special thanks to our musicians Goussy and Jason, our company manager Antuan Byers, our Production Director Becca , and Miriam for collectively, holding us down and rocking us out…

#SLMDances #PURPLE #BarnardCollege #WeavingDreams #BlackDance #CommunityArt #BarnardAlumnae #DanceActivism #Sisterhood #BlackJoy #ContemporaryDance #LivePerformance #NYC #DanceTheatre

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A time was had✨🫶🏽
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Jacob’s Pillow Summer 2025.
Thank you Sydnie for the welcome, and to Brooke, Jaz, Kendra, and Indigo for the literal constant support, and endless discoveries. This experience was filled with spiritual grounding, and intentional ancestral togetherness coupled with stepping outside of comfort zones and leaning into newness. Shout out to Antuan for not only connecting Sydnie and I, but being an incredible constant light. Also, big thanks to Morgan for getting us to the literal finish line. And, thank you to the Jacob’s Pillow staff whose paths we crossed with. What a time, rain and shine!

Photo by: @cdugganphoto ; courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow

#prettyinpink #Jacob’sPillow #dance #art #HonoringLineage #ancestralappreciation #RainandShine #Nature’sgifts #SLMDances

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✨ From a festival to a 25-year legacy ✨

What began in 2000 as the Hip-Hop Theater Festival grew into Hi-ARTS — expanding into visual art, street art, and year-round artist development. 🖤

Our first home in El Barrio became the foundation for bold programs like The Blackbook Masterclass, We Live Here Too, CRITICAL BREAKS, and so much more.

Since then, we’ve continued to uplift groundbreaking artists — Divitity Roxx, Be Steadwell, Najee Omar, Sydney L. Mosley Dances, The Illustrious Blacks, and so many more — artists who make and change the culture.

Twenty-five years later, that mission remains. This is the journey. This is Echoes of the Future.

Get your tickets today, at the link in bio!

💜 #EchoesOfTheFuture #HiARTS25

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summer selects ☀️

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3 weeks ago we wrapped our first BDCM Summer Untensive: Rehearsal for the Revolution.

Here’s a look at what we built together. 🖤

Two days of study, strategy, and embodied practice. Workshops and teach-ins. Campaign building and collective care. We mapped power, sharpened skills, and rehearsed the world we’re building.

Endless gratitude to 5th Wall Studio, our Guest Contributors, the BDCM Team and Summer Untensive Crew, sponsors, partners, HOMIES, Seeds of Change: Solidarity Circle, and every attendee who showed up with care, curiosity, courage, and craft.

Built by us, for us. Community made this possible. This is collective power. We build from here. 🖤

📹: @mnbnyc and @maleriedempster

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