Finale Dance Performance: Frances E. W. Harper 200 Symposium

Описание: Finale • "The Artistry and Activism of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper" Symposium Dance Performance

PERFORMERS: Monique Bland, LaChelle Dickenson, Amber Rance, Alana Romero, Adiah Simpson, Amber Spivey, Luis Mulero, Omari Senior, Monique Relacion, and Kennedy Davis with Sharia Benn

We share sketches of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s artistic and activist life through artistic interpretations by choreographers, poets, composers, dancers and actors.

Born free on September 24, 1825, Harper addressed the key issues of her era as a Black woman. Through her work as a writer and activist, she illuminated significant moments in history when many Black people and women were denied freedom.

We believe in the power of the arts to inform us about the past, to illuminate the challenges of the present, and to guide us in creating a more just and equitable future. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is our guide.

The dance performance was part of the Center for Black Digital Research's "Frances E. W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward, 1825–2025" symposium held Sept. 19-21, 2025. Visit https://coloredconventions.org/harper... for more information.

DANCE PROGRAM
1) Introduction
2) Sketch I: Life for Black People in the 1800’s
3) The Blessed Hope (1846) Dance Performance
4) The Slave Mother (1854)
5) Jubilee – Emancipation!
6) The Two Offers (1859)
7) Why I Stand and Speak So
8) Iola Leroy (1892)
9) Lecture – We Are All Bound Up Together – 1866 National Woman’s Rights Convention, New York, New York
10) Harriet Jacobs – Overcoming a Life of Confinement
11) Poetry: “House: Another Kind of Field”
12) Sketch III: My Legacy
13) Finale: A Message of Hope
14) Artist Talk Back

View the entire playlist of dance performances:    • Frances E. W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Mo...