Unveiled Legacies: Black Burlesque Performance as a Living Archive

*Ticket price includes hors d’oeuvres and complimentary beer and wine, while supplies last.

Featuring shake dancers:

• Gigi Holliday (NYC/DC)
• Bebe Bardeaux (DC)
• Hannah Lane (MD)
• Kassidy Luvit (DC)

With live music from the Herb Scott Duo and academic facilitation by Dr. Emerald Christopher (Georgetown University)!

Join this panel of internationally acclaimed performers, historians, and academics as they explore the legacy of "shake dancers," a unique historical term given to Black burlesque performers and jazz dancers starting as far back as the late 19th century and continuing throughout the 1960s and 70s.

Following the discussion, see the legacy of shake dancing up-close with live performances!

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