Announcements
SLIPPAGE on cover of THEATER magazine
Saturday, January 16, 2021SLIPPAGE is delighted to relate that our performance texts for Soundz at the Back of My Head is featured on the cover of Theater, the journal published by Yale School of Drama and Duke University Press. Volume 50 No. 3 includes a text by SLIPPAGE affiliate Quran Karriem about his work on the... read more about SLIPPAGE on cover of THEATER magazine »
Quran Karriem BESSIE Award Nomination
Saturday, December 12, 2020We are proud to announce SLIPPAGE affiliate, Quran Karriem, is a nominee for the 2020 Bessies Awards! He is nominated for Outstanding Music Composition/Sound Design for the SLIPPAGE production “Soundz at the Back of My Head.” Quran gave the following statement: It’s an incredible privilege to... read more about Quran Karriem BESSIE Award Nomination »
CADD Continues with Dr. John Perpener and more
Friday, October 23, 2020The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance joins the Dance Studies Association to co-host a 3-part program series focusing on Black dance. The series kicked off September 26 and the final session will take place November 7 11 AM EST, Marcea Daiter shows excerpts from her interviews with... read more about CADD Continues with Dr. John Perpener and more »
CADD continues with "Connectivity"
Friday, October 9, 2020The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance joins the Dance Studies Association to co-host a 3-part program series focusing on Black dance. The series kicked off September 26 and continues October 17 11 AM EST with “Connectivity.” Always provoking foundational Black Dance scholar ... read more about CADD continues with "Connectivity" »
Lion's Jaw Queer Futures
Thursday, October 1, 2020Lion’s Jaw is a performance and dance festival bringing together national choreographers, performers, educators and students to study, perform and create together . This year, via panels, they are creating a space to examine, question, and think critically about how and why these... read more about Lion's Jaw Queer Futures »
SLIPPAGE sponsors Configurations in Vancouver
Wednesday, September 23, 2020Configurations in Vancouver: Performance Curation and Communities of Colour, 4th iteration Presented by Made in BC - Dance on Tour and co- produced in partnership with SLIPPAGE@Duke: PERFORMANCE | CULTURE | TECHNOLOGY, and SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programming with support from with support... read more about SLIPPAGE sponsors Configurations in Vancouver »
SLIPPAGE sponsors CADD|DSA Collaboration on Dance
Thursday, September 17, 2020SLIPPAGE is proud to announce that the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance joins the Dance Studies Association to co-host a 3-part program series focusing on Black dance. This series will be an exploration of the politics, aesthetics, and alchemy of African diasporic dance. The series... read more about SLIPPAGE sponsors CADD|DSA Collaboration on Dance »
Eto Otitigbe Creates Charlottesville Monument
Thursday, September 10, 2020We are extremely proud to announce SLIPPAGE affiliate, Eto Otitigbe, along with an acclaimed team of designers and artists, have transformed a Charlottesville monument at the University of Virginia. The eloquent and thoughtful design has reimagined dedications that have previously been long... read more about Eto Otitigbe Creates Charlottesville Monument »
Afro-Feminist Performance Routes Conference
Tuesday, February 11, 2020Afro-Feminist Dance Symposium at Duke, Feb. 19-22 DURHAM, N.C. – A four-day symposium at Duke University will feature seven prominent female dancers from the African diaspora, in artistic discussion, “a dialogue in movement,” about creative practice, migration, and African philosophy. “Afro-... read more about Afro-Feminist Performance Routes Conference »
SOUNDZ AT THE BACK OF MY HEAD JAN 9, 10, 11, 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020SLIPPAGE affiliates Thomas F. DeFrantz, Quran Karriem, and Rebecca Uliasz perform at GIBNEY DANCE in New York City. Soundz at the Back of my Head is the third and final installment of the talkingdance series. This dialogic manifesto talking-dancing-technology work engages its... read more about SOUNDZ AT THE BACK OF MY HEAD JAN 9, 10, 11, 2020 »