Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee Premiere)
Running Time: 5 minutes
Block 2: Voices Heard September 8th 9:15PM
Dance
Block 2: Voices Heard September 8th 9:15PM
Dance
A dance visual on Black men providing a space for Black women to be vulnerable and feel supported.
Section 1 (Flawless): Toxic Masculinity. Men doing stereotypical masculine movements and the women echoing with thought of acceptance. One woman tries to break out of the toxicity to be her authentic self but it isn’t accepted so she falls back in line
Section 2 (Spoken Word): The Woman vs the Man. Finally, one woman embraces all sides of her womanhood. Both masculine, feminine, soft and harsh; paving a way for other women
Section 3 (Boss): Women building together
Section 4 (Bow Down): Unity between the Black Man and Woman. The crown belongs to all, but the man no longer holds it. The woman does with the support of the Black man
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Ayana Edmonds, also known as Yaya, is a 29 year old artist, choreographer and professional dancer in the greater Milwaukee and surrounding areas. She discovered her passion for dance at the age of seven when her mother entered her and her two older sisters in community dance competitions as a young artist. Raised in Omaha, NE, she has been involved in dance, movement and performance since before her early teens. She began professionally teaching and choreographing dance six years ago focusing on styles rooted in hip hop, jazz, African culture and praise & worship. Follow her brand @yanaedmonds (IG) to stay connected with her regular class schedules, upcoming projects and events involving two of her passions: both dance and technology!
Outside of dance, Ayana is a Sr. Staff Technical Product Manager at GE Healthcare. She has over six years of experience in Information Technology, managing digital solutions to improve supply chain on time delivery of medical equipment globally. Ayana majored in computer science at Creighton University where she recognized her passion for problem solving and skill for programming.
She is committed to teaching underprivileged communities coding by combing two of her passions. One of her goals is to create a summer program that combines dance and technology to instill the foundational principles of STEM through something we have in our DNA ... dance, targeted towards the Black community. This program will continue the energy exchange inside the studio to a larger platform of healing, health, growth and fun!
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