SOLA BAMIS: THE TUTORIAL 

Incisive writer and performer Sola Bamis stages her ingenious work The Tutorial as a not-quite-Instagram-ready livestream event and digital litany for Womanist survival in the face of Neoliberalism, Big Tech, Xenophobia and African genocide. Known for her role as Shirley the secretary in Mad Men, Bamis is also a filmmaker and performance artist who brings to life her avatar @poopydiscoop, who is launching a revolutionary online series.

MOHAMMAD AL TAYYEB: THE LIMINAL SPACE AND I

Using video, music, and movement, Palestinian/Jordanian performance artist Mohammad Al Tayyeb draws on personal experiences navigating cultural and gender identity, in light of traditions and complex socio-political challenges. Compelling vignettes connect cultural and political events that have shaped the Arab region with more personal issues related to the queer body. 

AUSTYN RICH: TECHNICAL FOUL

Austyn Rich’s virtuosic and athletic solo work Technical Foul uses a dynamic choreographic score, while also reveling in the unpredictable nature of chance and impulse. With a series of games and “instant replays,” Rich juxtaposes and connects sports and real life violence while investigating their relationship to black labor.

fabe Dance / MALLORY FABIAN & DARBY KELLEY: THANKS FOR ASKING

Virtuosic dancers and co-choreographers Mallory Fabian and Darby Kelley are inspired by feminine rebellion and a desire for chaos, as they enter into distinctive honest and emotional states. In their bold new duet Thanks for Asking, Fabian and Kelley investigate friendship, solitude, and womanhood, while celebrating their racial differences and ideologies on femininity.