“I come from a family of immigrants…the immigrant story is part of my story…how people came into a culture and a community…”
Kyle
“I grew up with a bunch of expats…Nigerian folks, Jamaican folks, Barbudian folks, African American folks…just arguing and talking…telling their stories…”
Okwui
yonTande Whitney V. Hunter
Artist/Culture Worker
yonTande Whitney V. Hunter, PhD (he/him/his) is a Chicago-born artist/culture worker, committed to activating #cultureascatalyst. A BLACK SEED Native (art, activism, and community driven-apparatus) and Philadelphia resident, his work centers around nurturing and cultivating individual and communal spirit through dance-performance,...
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Writer, Performer, Choreographer
Okwui Okpokwasili is a Brooklyn-based writer, performer, and choreographer. Her experimental performance pieces bring together dance, theater, and the visual arts. Her performance work has been commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, the...
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Choreographer, Dancer
Choreographer and dancer Kyle Marshall is a 2018 Juried Bessie Award winner and a NJ State Council on the Arts Fellow. His company, Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC) sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. KMC has performed at venues including: BAM Next Wave Festival,...
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