Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance - Screening and Conversation
Schedule
Wed Feb 08 2023 at 07:00 pm
Location
University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA
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Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance is a feature-length documentary celebrating the history, lineage, and future of jazz dance. Featuring a stellar cast of leading industry experts, award-winning choreographers, and legendary performers such as Debbie Allen, Chita Rivera, and Camille A. Brown, the groundbreaking film revisits the dance form’s roots in Africa and follows its evolution through every decade and genre. Identifying political and social influences and addressing appropriation, racism, socialism, and sexism, the film provides an honest conversation about jazz dance as well as a celebration, telling a story of triumph over adversity, oppression, and privilege. This special screening of Uprooted will be followed by a conversation with director Khadifa Wong and USC Kaufman School of Dance faculty members E. Moncell Durden and Saleemah E. Knight, who appear in the film.
Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by the USC Kaufman School of Dance.
Photo: Vibecke Dahle
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Where is it happening?
University of Southern California, 3551 Trousdale Pkwy,Los Angeles,CA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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