April 23, 2015

Events, News and Artists

Urban Bush Women Closes 30th Anniversary Tour in D.C.

On Friday, April 17, the Urban Bush Women closed out their 30th anniversary tour at Rockville’s American Dance Institute (ADI) of their stirring new work, Walking with ‘Trane Chapter 2.  Inspired by John Coltrane’s jazz suite A Love Supreme, live piano accompaniment …

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Tags: A Love Supreme, American Dance Institute, dance, George Caldwell, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Jazz, John Coltrane, UBW Summer Leadership Intitute, undershared stories, Urban Bush Women, Walking with 'Trane Chapter 2

August 10, 2014

Culture

Entering, Building and Exiting community via Second Line

During the Urban Bush Women’s (UBW) Summer Leadership Intensive 2014, which has been held annually at Tulane University in New Orleans since 2009, we learned about Entering, Building, and Exiting community (EBX). This UBW concept has been in development since …

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Tags: Afro-Diasporic, brass band, Building and Exiting community, Caribbean, celebration, Entering, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, New Orleans, Nia Shand, Paloma McGregor, Second Line, social aid and pleasure club, Tulane University, UBW SLI, Uncle Lionel Batiste, Urban Bush Women, west african, workshops