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Ebony Noelle Golden and Jupiter Performance Studio Launch New Course on Performance and Climate
HARLEM, NY. (January 17, 2023) — Jupiter Performance Studio (JPS) is thrilled to announce the launch of JPS Lab, an in-person and virtual creative development initiative designed and led by Founding Artistic Director, Ebony Noelle Golden. The course, black/water: Worlding, Wilding, and Wandering as Womanist Praxis, offers seven half-day sessions that build on Golden's current scholarship, artistic practice, and cultural organizing efforts.
Admitted students will explore a range of topics including theatrical ceremony, womanist spirituality, ritual poetics, and collective approaches to climate reparations. The course features lectures, workshops, readings, viewings, and fieldwork. Each participant will be required to complete an individual and a group project, along with required readings, writing, performances, and field trips. No professional artistic or academic experience is required. The Lab prioritizes Black, Indigenous, women, femmes, and gender-expansive folks of the global majority. All are welcome to apply.
JPS Lab is a rigorous creative learning community for individuals interested in public performance, popular education, collective action, and environmental justice. Participants will be expected to work independently and in small groups. The course is open to everyone regardless of expertise. One must be an avid reader, writer, and critical thinker to get the most out of the course.
Those who successfully complete course requirements may be invited to participate in future performances, workshop facilitation, and production support opportunities. The application period opens on January 17, 2023, and closes on February 17, 2023. Applicants can expect to receive a decision by February 20, 2023. Interested participants can apply by visiting www.bettysdaughterarts.com. Tuition is due February 27, 2023. The course begins March 4, 2023. All required dates are listed on the application.
Established in 2020, JPS is a hub for the study of diasporic Black performance traditions. With a commitment to expanding the collective ability to imagine truly liberated futures, Golden looks forward to supporting the exploration of Black performance, culture, and legacies of liberation that actively engage individuals and communities. In addition to JPS' education and culture work, the Studio is currently developing two theatrical ceremonies, Jubilee 11213: The Keeping, commissioned by Weeksville Heritage Center and In The Name Of The Mother Tree, commissioned by Apollo Theater and National Black Theatre.
Visit www.jupiterperformancestudio.com and www.bettysdaughterarts.com to apply. APPLY HERE: DUE FEBRUARY 17, 2023.
Photo: Mshairi A Uwezo Siyanda in 125th and FREEdom at Weeksville Heritage Center. 2018.
