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Year of Return

Although Ghana’s year of return happened in 2019, this year became my year of return. I moved to the US in August 2018 and this year, I had the opportunity to visit home. I planned to go back in 2020 but then the pandemic hit so I had to reschedule for 2021 which also didContinue reading “Year of Return”

Directed Teaching for Contemporary Dance Class

Reflections Taking this class last Spring semester at the Rpac was challenging due the distance that I had to walk everyday so taking it again in the department was exciting. This semester, I wasn’t just taking it as every other student in the class but as directed teaching under the auspices of my supervisor MomarContinue reading “Directed Teaching for Contemporary Dance Class”

Inevitable Circling:the works of dreams

Inevitable Circling: the work of dreams is a collaborative project by the second-year MFA cohort. This project is a recurrence, a spiraling return to origin and imagination. The collaborators come from a variety of nationalities, community origins, and cultural identities, to weave together their own imagined stories of the cosmos and creation. Through the performance,Continue reading “Inevitable Circling:the works of dreams”

Storytelling and Shadow Play

Enrolling in this class (Research Studio), I knew I would be required to come up with a project at the end of the semester. I did not beat myself too hard about it because I knew I had time to come up with something. Within a few weeks, we were tasked to start fleshing outContinue reading “Storytelling and Shadow Play”

Spring Semester 2/6

So soon, I’m in the second semester of my MFA in Dance journey. The first semester had lots of mixed feelings as none of my colleagues and I knew what school was going to be like because of the pandemic. We still made it and finished the semester strong. Now comes a new semester withContinue reading “Spring Semester 2/6”

8 out of 8

This project came about because our Professor had some important meetings to attend and gave us two free days to work on personal stuff. As a cohort, we decided to use those days to create a group piece that we could present as a class. It was a great idea, which was well received byContinue reading “8 out of 8”

Shabo

One requirement of the Choreography Workshop class was to create a durational work and that was new to me as a performer. I asked my Professor, what a durational project was and as I was not the only confused person in the class, she provided us with links to aid us in developing ideas forContinue reading “Shabo”

Our Story

This piece started as a discussion after class one day when Yukina, John, Q (Quianna), and I were walking down the hallway. Yukina asked if we would like to collaborate on a piece and we all agreed to work together on the piece. We created a group chat to share information and discuss what weContinue reading “Our Story”

Adesa

“Adesa” is a Ga word that means story and as a native of the Gas, I chose this title for this piece. The storytelling tradition is one of the cultural practices in Ghana which is going extinct. Growing up as a child, older folks of households usually told stories of historical events, myths, and legendsContinue reading “Adesa”

The Mash Up

Creating a piece that has a beginning, a middle, and an end, all under a minute seems like a simple task but it is not. When it was mentioned in class that we needed to create a piece in less than a minute, I figured I will just be dancing till it’s a minute, thenContinue reading “The Mash Up”