The Theatrical Jazz Institute (TJI) is Curated by Sharon Bridgforth and is
Produced by The Theatre School at DePaul University, Links Hall and Sharon Bridgforth.
About The Theatrical Jazz Aesthetic: HERE
Clips from Theatrical Jazz Institute Events: HERE
2011 Institute Events HERE
RECEPTION/Conversation/Sharing
Theatre School at DePaul Lobby
Thursday 2/23 5PM-6PM
Free and open to the public
Lobby, The Theatre School at DePaul
2135 N. Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL. 60614
Food will be served, sponsored by The Diversity Office.
WORKSHOP
Sat. 2/25/12 at Links Hall
Free. Please contact Sharon Bridgforth at: sharon dot bridgforth AT gmail dot com to apply.
Ni’Ja Whitson is an interdisciplinary artist whose work engages a nexus of postmodern and African Diasporic performance practices. Her work includes collaboration in music and dance improvisational forms, international performance and workshop facilitation, and nationally touring visual and performance art exhibitions. She received a 2010-2011 Lisa Dershin residency award and is a 2011 Chicago DanceBridge resident artist. Her current projects include assistant and contributing choreographer to Dianne McIntyre for the Goodman Theater’s national touring production of Crowns, directed and written by Regina Taylor. She has facilitated performance/ethnographic projects in Brazil working with Capoeira and Candomblé communities and has conducted political and cultural ethnographic research in Tanzania with exiled women of the Black Panther Party as an Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellow.
This showcase will feature the work of 2011 TJI Participants Jonathan Kitt and Erica Mott @ Links Hall.
Superman, Black Man, Me! A Stage Essay
Written and performed by Jonathan Kitt
and
A new work by Erica Mott featuring DePaul students: Celeste Cooper, Azalea Fairley, and Olga Aguilar.
More details sooncome.
Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones
Will speak on:
Theatrical Jazz: The blue note in Black Theatre
February 14, 4:30PM – 5:30PM (Free)
First Floor Theatre, Reynolds Club
University of Chicago
5706 S. University Ave. Chicago, 60637
Free and open to the public.
VIEW Dr. Jones performing “sista docta”
as a 2011 TJI Guest Artist HERE
RECEPTION/Conversation/Reading with Virginia Grise
Facilitated by Alexis Links
VIEW VIDEO HERE.
Thursday 1/26/12 5PM-6PM
Theatre School at DePaul Lobby
2135 N. Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Free and open to the public.
Food will be served sponsored by The Theatre School Diversity Office.
(Virginia will read from blu).
WORKSHOP
Facilitated by Virginia Grise
Sat. 1/28/12 @ Links Hall. Free.
BIO
Virginia Grise is an award-winning theatre artist whose work pushes against the boundaries of traditional theatre and live performance. Her published work includes blu (Yale University Press), The Panza Monologues (University of Texas Press, forthcoming) and an edited a volume of Zapatista communiqués titled Conversations with Don Durito (Autonomedia Press). blu was a recipient of the Yale Drama Series Award, a finalist for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Latino/a Playwriting Award and Alliance Theatre’s Kendeda Award. Virginia holds a MFA in Writing for Performance from the California Institute of the Arts.
Photos from Baraka de Soleil’s 10/27/11 Talk at The Theatre School at DePaul.
Facilitated by Alexis Jade
VIEW VIDEO HERE.
WORKSHOP
N This Body
Workshop with Baraka de Soleil @ Links Hall
Sat. 10/29/11 NOON – 4PM. CLOSED.
Aligned with the core precepts of the theatrical jazz aesthetic [presence, breath, listening, body-centering, improvisation, simultaneous truths, collaboration, virtuosity & metamorphosis], this workshop focuses on the body as a canvas for crafting evocative performance; drawing upon legacies from deep within the recesses of cultural memory, spirituality and personal her/histories.
Reception/Conversation with Baraka,
Facilitated by Alexis Jade.
Baraka will discuss multifaceted aspects of working as an artist: from being a teaching artist/to creating/to performing.
Thursday 10/27/11, 5PM-6PM
Free and open to the public
Lobby, The Theatre School at DePaul
2135 N. Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL. 60614
Food will be served, sponsored by The Diversity Office.
