Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective is an all-female intergenerational dance company that creates dance works illuminating the presence and power of women in hip-hop. Their movement includes freestyle, ciphering, party dances, and call-and-response, representing the essence of street and club dance culture while exploring both community and proscenium performance. Founded by Michele Byrd McPhee, Ladies of Hip-Hop creates collaborative works that celebrate feminist narratives and the intersections of gender, race, and resistance. They presented The Black Dancing Bodies Project in 2022, on the Henry J. Leir stage. Parable of PassAge, choreographed by d. Sabela grimes in collaboration with the Ladies of Hip-Hop, was commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow through the Joan B. Hunter New Work Commission. The piece, an extension of d. Sabela grimes’s larger creative constellation Parable of Portals, integrates poetry, transmedia visuals, music, and movement inspired by author Octavia E. Butler’s Parable Series, as seen in this video excerpt.
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