“I grew up performing in floor shows in Black neighborhoods in a segregated Kansas City in the 1950s & 60s. My mother was a dancer and a jazz singer, and my father sold real estate and ran a bar called Al and Bud’s. During this era, Black businesses were booming, and there was great hope for upward mobility after World War II.

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Inside of its 40th-anniversary celebration, ground-breaking dance theater company Urban Bush Women brings Legacy + Lineage + Liberation, an evening of deeply-affecting works informed by the Civil Rights movement, ancestral wisdom, and the expansion of women’s rights.

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University of California, Los Angeles

**E-Moves: Urban Bush Women's Haint Blu - An Immersive Dance Experience**

Join us for a sold-out, unforgettable evening as Harlem Stage presents "E-Moves: Urban Bush Women's Haint Blu" on Saturday, January 13, 2024, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at the historic Harlem Stage Gatehouse, located at 150 Convent Avenue, New York. This event is a highlight of our signature dance series, E-Moves, and is produced in collaboration with Urban Bush Women, marking a celebration of 40 years of artistic excellence for both organizations.

**About the Performance**

"Haint Blu" is an immersive ensemble dance-theater work created by the acclaimed Urban Bush Women. It invites the audience on a journey through the Harlem Stage Gatehouse, a landmark filled with history and memories. The performance is an exploration of ancestral magic and memory, where spirits share their legacies, move onward, and leave behind the essence of their presence. This site-specific work is interactive, involving walking and standing, with seats available for those in need.

**Event Details**

- **Date:** Saturday, January 13, 2024
- **Time:** 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM (Additional performances on January 11 & 12, 2024, at 7:30 PM)
- **Location:** Harlem Stage, 150 Convent Avenue, New York, United States
- **Price:** $25 (Seating is site-specific and involves movement throughout the theater)

**Support and Acknowledgments**

This event is supported by the Mellon Foundation, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, and Harkness Foundation for Dance, with Urban Bush Women's 40th-Anniversary leadership funding provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Additional funding is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the magic of "Haint Blu" and celebrate the milestones of Harlem Stage and Urban Bush Women. Although tickets for this event are sold out, we encourage you to explore other events in our E-Moves Dance Series and join us in celebrating the power of dance and storytelling.

E-moves: Urban Bush Women's "haint Blu"

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The formidable Brooklyn-based performance ensemble Urban Bush Women visits with Hair & Other Stories, a full-length dance-theater work exploring race, identity, and concepts of beauty through the lens of Black women’s hair. Inspired by founder and 2021 MacArthur Fellow Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s HairStories (2001), the participatory performance is a work of activism, awakening, and engagement, asking the audience to move, to comment, to reflect, and to bear witness. Choreographed and directed by co-artistic directors Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis, Hair & Other Stories was developed from personal narratives gathered from participants at “Hair Party” sessions the company held with women across the country, as well as through the company’s ongoing collaboration with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s “Undoing Racism” workshops. “The Urban Bush Women are committed, triple-threat performers who dance, sing, and act with a sometimes searing sense of truthfulness” (The New York Times).

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