The Center for the Performing Arts presents choreographer Dawn Bazemore in conversation with Kikora Franklin Friday, October 27 at noon in the ADRI, located on the ground floor of the Borland Building.
Dawn Bazemore created A Movement for Five in 2015 for Philadanco. She will discuss the subject matter of the work, the case of the Central Park Five, on which it is based, and her connections to it. She will describe the development of the work and the reasons that socio-political art is vital to the community.
The talk will be moderated by Kikora Franklin, associate professor of dance. Feel free to bring a lunch. Dessert and bottled water will be provided.
“A Movement for Five” will be performed in the dance collaboration “Straight Outta Philly” featuring Rennie Harris Puremovement and Philadanco later that evening in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Dawn Marie Bazemore is a Philadelphia based performer, choreographer and dance educator. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Theatre and Dance at Rowan University and has served as a Master Lecturer/Artist in Residence at The University of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of North Carolina School for the Arts. Dawn Marie was a member of Philadanco from 1998-2009 after which she performed featured roles in Broadway and regional productions of The First National Tour of the Color Purple, Dreamgirls and All Shook Up. In 2001 she was selected to perform Strange Fruit, choreographed by the late Dr. Pearl Primus, for the Emmy Award winning American Dance Festival documentary Dancing in the Light. This performance is currently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Dawn Marie has created work for Philadanco and Grace Dance Theater and has presented solo work at the American Dance Festival. After the 2015 premier of her ballet A Movement for Five, created for Philadanco, she wrote an essay documenting her experience creating dance that serves a socio-political purpose. This essay was later published in the online journal The Dancer-Citizen. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Dawn Marie trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Academy East and the Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn. She is a graduate of the NYC High School of Performing Arts and has earned a BFA from SUNY Purchase and an MFA from Hollins University. She was a finalist in the 1994 ARTS Recognition and Talent Search and is a recipient of the Bonnie Pfeifer Evans Educational Scholarship and the Helen Tamiris award for Excellence in Dance.
