MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) presents Move to Change

MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) presents Move to Change - a festival which uses dance as a form of social justice and arts activism through the lens of BIPOC choreographers and cinematographers. The goal of Move to Change is to create cultural and gender affirming spaces for artists of color: African, Latina/o/x, Asian, Arab, Native American (ALAANA); Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI); Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI); Black/African American, Caribbean, Indigenous, Middle East & North Africa (MENA); & South West Asia & North Africa (SWANA) to educate, empower, & illuminate issues that reflects their histories and cultures through their unique and rich movement aesthetics. This hybrid festival consists of live performance and dance films in two different programs over the two day festival. This year’s theme is the Swahili word 'Umoja' meaning Unity. The dance pieces/dance films will highlight the Kwanzaa meaning of Umoja: to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, and/or the world in which we live in. 

The Friday, November 22nd presenting choreographers & cinematographers are (in program order): Sierra Christine Sanders; Saraswathy Lakshmivaraham; Yinqi Wang; Karley Wasaff; Quetzali Hart; Anabella Lenzu; Kayla Spalding; Aubrey Clavines; Andrea Agostini; Janet AisawaAi Dance Theater; and Leah Tubbs/MODArts Dance Collective (MADC). Please note that one of the pieces/works in the Friday, November 22nd concert contains mature content.

The Saturday, November 23rd presenting choreographers & cinematographers are (in program order): Jarid Polite/Melanin Mosaic Performance Ensemble; Ashlyn Williams/Purpose Performing Arts Collective; Xiao (Maggie) Liang; Elise A. Logan; Morgan Gregory; Tsubasa Nishioka; Nandini Kannan; Solenn Etienne; Stephen Hill/ChoreoJoey Project; Chiao-Ping Li with co collaborators Christal Wagner, Byron Au Yong, & Jacob Li Rosenberg; Medha Srigiri; and Leah Tubbs/MODArts Dance Collective (MADC).

The Jacques d’Amboise Center for Learning & the Arts (inside of the National Dance Institute) is ADA accessible with an elevator + wheelchair accessibility for seating.