NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: THPAC's 34th Season SOULS OF OUR FEET: PEOPLE OF COLOR DANCE FESTIVAL June 22, 23rd, 24th, 2010 @ 7:30PM Kumble Theater in Bklyn (NYC)

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Sunday, April 18, 2010

THPAC's 34th Season
SOULS OF OUR FEET:
PEOPLE OF COLOR DANCE FESTIVAL
June 22, 23rd, 24th, 2010 @ 7:30PM
Kumble Theater in Bklyn (NYC)

Official Website:
Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center

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THELMA HILL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

In Association with Kumble Theater

The 34th Season (2010)

SOULS OF OUR FEET:
PEOPLE OF COLOR DANCE FESTIVAL

SAVE THESE DATES!!!

June 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 2010
7:30PM

Featuring

Asase Yaa
Kyle Abraham
INSPIRIT
Danse4Nia
Nicholas Leichter
Purelements An Evolution in Dance
Renegade Performance Group

AND

Special Premiere of
A RAMP TO PARADISE
A new choreogrphic work chronicling
the life & times of the legendary
Paradise Garage

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!!!

All performances at
Kumble Theater at LIU
downtown Brooklyn Campus
@ Flatbush Ave/between DeKalb Ave. & Willoughby St.
Ticket prices:
$15 General Admission / $12 Seniors & Students
Kumble Theater Box Office:
718/488-1624 or www.kumbletheater.org

For info:
Call 718/875-9710 or www.thelmahill.com

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
ALEX SMITH, JR

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ANDREA E. WOODS

LIGHTING DESIGN
NICK HUNG

Major Funders:
New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs;
Mertz Gilmore;
Brooklyn Arts Council;
Office of Sen. V. Montgomery;
Council-member Letitia James

THPAC’s Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival program is vital to the dance community, as well as to Brooklyn and New York City. The 2010 festival will support artistic growth of seven emerging New York City-based choreographers of color, The 2010 season features three back-to-back evenings of dance performances on June 22, 23, and 24 at the Kumble Theater Brooklyn, NY. The featured artist/groups are: Nicholas Leichter, INSPIRIT, Renegade Performance Group, Asase Yaa, Danse4Nia, and Purelements. The centerpiece for this years' festival will be the premiere of a new work to be produced by THPAC on the evening of June 24. This work is a dance narrative and will be choreographed by Kyle Abraham. The work, which is entitled "A Ramp to Paradise", will chronicle the life and times of the famed and predominately Black gay/SGL New York City underground club The Paradise Garage. The Paradise Garage was famed for its DJ Larry Lavan; accompanying sound system and music from the late 70's through 1987.

PEEKS-This on-going, year-round program presents five works-in-progress by emerging, New York City-based choreographers and dance companies of color; SGL, gay and lesbian choreographers and women of color choreographers, some of which are presented in one of the dance programs that make up the annual Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival program. PEEKS performances are free, for all age groups, and devoted to providing the artists an opportunity to hone their talents and developing THPAC's and artists’ audiences.

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About Alex Smith

Alex Smith was appointed Executive Director by the THPAC board in 1995 and later Executive Chairman. Under his tutelage and passionate commitment over 150 artists have been presented in performance including Ron Brown, Valerie Winborne, George Faison, Louis Johnson, Marlies Yearby, and Fred Benjamin, seven new programming formats have been added, and THPAC’s annual Life Time Achievement Awards, whose recipients include Louis Johnson, George Faison, Ella Thompson Moore, Dianne McIntrye, Fred Benjamin, and Kathy Grant and Dudley Williams, were established. During the coming summer 2010 season Smith will present, A Ramp to Paradise, a commissioned choreographed work by Kyle Abraham designed to pay homage to New York City’s ultimate dance experience, the legendary underground dance club Paradise Garage.

About Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center

THPAC, www.thelmahill.com, an independent non-profit organization, was formed in 1976 to forge and temper creative talent. Over 34 years the organization has attracted both emerging and established artists of color who developed a perpetual evolutionary cycle in which more than 300 alumni have gone on to successful careers as dancers and choreographers in the U.S. and abroad. The mission of THPAC is to build bridges of understanding through the presentation and celebration of choreographic works by artists of color. From fostering grassroots involvement at home to expanding awareness of the arts abroad, THPAC facilitates artistic collaborations, such as performances, workshops, seminars and community projects. Through these efforts, new channels of creative dialogue inspire free-flowing dynamic cultural expressions.