Creator, Dancer
Nora Chipaumire
Born in Zimbabwe and based in New York City, Nora Chipaumire creates work that challenges and embraces the body, Black art, and its aesthetic. She has studied dance and choreography in Africa, Cuba, Jamaica, and the United States and has performed across the globe. Chipaumire is a choreographer and performer who uses her work to challenge and embrace stereotypes of Africa and the Black performing body. Her work critiques colonialism and complicates notions of spectatorship and power. Chipaumire made her directorial debut with Dance for Film on location at Montclair State University in spring 2016. Chipaumire's notable premieres include Chimurenga, Lions will roar…, at Museum of Contemporary Art, visible, Miriam, The Last Heifer, Parallels, and Dark Swan, reconstructed for Urban Bush Women. After receiving her 2016 Grants to Artists award, Chipaumire traveled to Harare, Zimbabwe to work with the Tumbuka Dance Company, the first and only contemporary dance company in Zimbabwe. Chipaumire won the Doris Duke Artist award in 2015, was a recipient of the 2016 Foundation of Contemporary Arts grant, and is a three-time New York Dance and Performance Bessie award recipient. Her work has been supported by the MAP Fund, the Jerome Foundation, NYFA B.U.I.L.D., National Dance Project, NYSCA, The Joyce Theater Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Chipaumire received an M.A. and an M.F.A. from Mills College, in 2000 and 2002, respectively.
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Dance Convening
Saturday, February 18, 2023
BDS Live @ NYPL
Monday, March 14, 2022
Jamar Roberts & Tiffany Rea-Fisher
Reggie Wilson & Rena Butler
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Maleek Washington & Tamisha Guy
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Mikki Shepard & Joan Myers Brown
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Danni Gee & Debbie Blunden-Diggs
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Linda Walton & Lula Washington
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Laura Greer & Ann Williams
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack & Cleo Parker Robinson
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Rena Butler & Reggie Wilson
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Fana Fraser & Iyun Ashani Harrison
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Ephraim Sykes & James “Cricket” Colter
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Christal Brown & Edisa Weeks
Saturday, April 24, 2021
NIC Kay & Alice Sheppard
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Amy Hall Garner & Amaniyea Payne
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Robert Garland & Tendayi Kuumba
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Robert Battle & Angie Pittman
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Natasha Diamond-Walker & Trebien Pollard
Monday, March 22, 2021
Sidra Bell & Archie Burnett
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Gesel Mason & Jamal Story
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Dianne Walker & Gabri Christa
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Earl Mosley / Dr. Halifu Osumare / Coco Killingsworth
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Dr. Gaynell Sherrod / Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild / Dwana Smallwood
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Torya Beard / Vincent Thomas / Deidre Dawkins
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Sharron Miller / Princess Mhoon / Sandra Burton
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Bill T Jones & Darrell Grand Moultire
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Paloma McGregor & Yusha-Marie Sorzano
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Danelle Morgan & Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Abdel R. Salaam & Marlies Yearby
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Dyane Harvey-Salaam & Maurice Chestnut
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Samantha Speis & Virginia Johnson
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko & Chanon Judson
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Jennifer Harge & d. Sabela Grimes
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Souleymane Badolo & Francesca Harper
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Olivier Taparga & Jasmine Hearn
Thursday, October 8, 2020
David Rousseve & Melanie Greene
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Davalois Fearon & Kevin “Iega” Jeff
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Kayla Hamilton & Germaul Barnes
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Camille A. Brown & Jason Samuels Smith
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Nia Love & Maria Bauman Morales
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Bebe Miller & Kyle Abraham
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Leslie Parker & Wanjiru Kamuyu
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Zane Booker & “Dare” Ayorinde
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Sydnie L. Mosely & Raja Feather Kelly
Thursday, August 6, 2020
yonTande & Meredith Rainey
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Kyle Marshall and Okwui Okpokwasili
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Rennie Harris & J. Bouey
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Cynthia Oliver and Marjani Forte Saunders
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Jamar Roberts and Tiffany Rae-Fisher
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Ayodele Casel & Stefanie Batten Bland