Mark Anthony Neal's Blog, page 698

Bill T. Jones and Marc Bamuthi Joseph on What is Dance? What is Soul?

'Touré talks with with internationally renowned and celebrated award-winning artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer Bill T. Jones and interdisciplinary artist and educator Marc Bamuthi Joseph about Dance and Soul' -- +TimesTalks   

When You Can't Play Extracurricular Sports Because You're Poor

Credit: Kirk Carapezza/WGBH
'Sports programs have traditionally served as a way to get more low-income students on the path to college. But many students are being priced out of those opportunities early on.' --Public Radio International

How to Be an Effective Public Intellectual: An Interview with Mark Anthony Neal

Badia Sahar Ahad, PhD of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) interviews Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal about effectively engaging the public. Neal is Professor of African & African American Studies and the founding director of the Center for Arts, Digital Culture and Entrepreneurship (CADCE) at Duke University where he offers courses on Black Masculinity, Popular Culture, and Digital Humanities, including signature courses on Michael Jackson & the Black Performance Tradition, and The History of Hip-Hop, which he co-teaches with Grammy Award Winning producer 9th Wonder (Patrick Douthit).

DuPont Brass Does Jay Z --"Girls, Girls, Girls"

Originally composed of five Howard University music students,  DuPont Brass   gained popularity from playing at local Metro stations and now features nine members. Here the band performs a version of Jay Z's "Girls, Girls, Girls." +The Kennedy Center 

Thomas F. DeFrantz: "BoneBreaking: Black Flexibility and Danced Oppositionality"

Choreographer and Dance Historian Thomas F. DeFrantz of Duke University presents “BoneBreaking: Black Flexibility and Danced Oppositionality" at Resisting Arrest: Black Artfulness and Survival: A One Day Symposium on Art and Resistance.

Jill Scott Holds Herself Accountable For Her Own Joy on 'Woman'

'Jill Scott's fifth studio album Woman draws on influences from the Beach Boys and Aretha Franklin — and much self-reflection. "I've been doing a lot of stewing," she says. "I've been making stews out of music." -- +NPR Music 

#TheRemix: Fringe Festival Artists Jaamil Kosoko + Nyugen Smith Reimagine Stereotypes about Blackness

'Some of the most eclectic and edgy performances at this year's Philadelphia Fringe Arts festival have taken place as part of the "Late Night" programming block.  Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, a multidisciplinary artist whose solo performances incorporate dance, first person narratives, original music and video and Nugyen Smith , who also combines artistic genres to create performances that comment on issues of colonialism, oppression and violence against people of color talk with #TheRemix Host James Braxton Peterson.'

Chicago Neighborhood Organizers go on Hunger Strike — to Get Their School Back

'Going back to school has become a life and death struggle for some hunger strikers in Chicago, protesting the closure Walter H. Dyett High School. It’s one of 53 schools shut down by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel since 2013. Walter H. Dyett High School was the last open enrollment high school in the Bronzeville neighborhood located on Chicago’s south side. Protesters and community activists want Dyett High School to re-open as a specialized school that focuses on global leadership and green technology.' -- PRI

[Trailer] 'David Adjaye – Collaborations' (dir. Oliver Hardt)

'The first feature length documentary on the work of British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye. The film features interviews with Adjaye’s collaborators, a roster of influential figures in the art and cultural world, and examines a significant number of his architectural projects, including public buildings, residential houses, artist studios and exhibition spaces globally situated and developed over the past fifteen years.'
The film was commissioned by the Haus der Kunst in Munich and The Art Institute of Chicago as part of the first comprehensive survey exhibition on David Adjaye´s architectural work, curated by Okwui Enwezor and Zoë Ryan. Featuring David Adjaye, Peter Adjaye, Peter Allison, Okwui Enwezor, Thelma Golden, Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili, Zoë Ryan, Taiye Selasi, Lorna Simpson, Deyan Sudjic and Sue Webster. Written, directed & produced by Oliver Hardt. © signature films 2015

Enjoying the Virtual Taste of Haitian Food with Jacques Pierre

'Join Duke University lecturer Jacques Pierre and Creole students from many universities for this trip through the Haitian kitchen via a new third set of riddles/memonèt.'