DePaul University's Theatre School Presents:

Sharon Bridgforth's Theatrical Jazz Institute:
Water Moves the Soul Immersed

Inspired by traditional Jazz methods of training, this Institute is designed for artists interested in learning about the Theatrical Jazz Aesthetic by being in the room with practitioners. Sharon Bridgforth, the 2010 – 2011 Visiting Multicultural Faculty member at DePaul University’s Theatre School, will facilitate the Institute.

Nationally based master Theatrical Jazz Aesthetic practitioners will visit the Institute, offering public talks, workshops and informal presentations of their work.

Baraka DeSoliel, 2/13/10

PERFORMANCE (30 minutes)

Water Moves the Soul Immersed

Featured Guest Artist: Baraka de Soleil

Baraka de Soleil will present excerpts from, Water Moves the Soul Immersed in an ambient environment of voices, natural and inorganic sounds. An experimental body-based work, Water Moves the Soul, traces the transatlantic slave voyage from Africa to America; unearthing the ancestral, emotional and spiritual memories of a ‘people’  – who endured one of the most horrific experiences in World history; a testimony to survival in the midst of loss and longing.

TALK BACK (30 minutes)

WORKSHOP (2 hours)
The workshop will reflect traditions of the African Diaspora, immersed in a post-modern sensibility. Participants will explore conventions of theatre, dance, communal and interdisciplinary performance.

Workshop participants should come dressed to move and bring writing materials.

Contact Erica Mott at education@linkshall.org for additional information