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Urban Bush Women. Urban Bush Women (UBW) [1], founded in 1984 by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, is a Brooklyn, New York -based non-profit dance company and professional African-American women's dance company. The ensemble performs choreography by Zollar and several other choreographers, often with a focus on the experiences of women of African descent.
In 1980, Zollar moved to New York City, where she studied under Dianne McIntyre, artistic director for Sounds in Motion Dance Company. In 1984, she left the company and established her own, called the Urban Bush Women , which became the first major dance company consisting of all-female African-American dancers.
Tabor-Smith spent a decade as a dancer, then Associate Artistic Director with the internationally acclaimed Urban Bush Women dance company of New York City, where she was a part of developing the company's early community engagement methodologies.
Students work with School of Dance alumni and former Urban Bush Women company member, Bennaldra Williams (BFA, 2005), on the restaging of Professor Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's "Give Your Hands to ...
After her graduation, Brown danced as professional dancer of Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence, A Dance Company from 2001 to 2007, and was a guest artist with Rennie Harris Puremovement and at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. [19] [15] Between 2004 and 2005 she worked for two concert dance with Urban Bush Women. [20]
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Nai Ni Chen Dance Company/ ALL ARTS “Past, Present, Future” featuring Ayodele Casel and Les Ballet Afrik. ... Urban Bush Women / Cheri L. Stokes. Crotona Park. Free. Sat, Aug 13.