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UBW - STUDIO INFORMATION

Styles:
Ballet, Modern, Contemporary

Also Offers:
Group Classes


About UBW

Urban Bush Women (UBW) galvanizes artists, activists, audiences, and communities through performances, artist development, education, and community engagement. With the ground-breaking performance ensemble at its core, and ongoing programs including the Summer Leadership Institute (SLI), BOLD (Builders, Organizers & Leaders through Dance), and the Choreographic Center Initiative, UBW affects the overall ecology of the arts by promoting artistic legacies; projecting the voices of the under-heard and people of color; bringing attention to and addressing issues of equity in the dance field and throughout the United States; and by providing platforms and serving as a conduit for culturally and socially relevant experimental art makers.

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Urban Bush Women to Kick Off Their 40th Anniversary With A Week-Long Series At Lincoln Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 26, 2024


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by Stephi Wild - April 26, 2024


The Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center season will include performances all across its north campus including the famed Mark Taper Forum, the iconic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Ahmanson Theatre.

Urban Bush Women Come to UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance Next Month
by Stephi Wild - March 28, 2024


UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) will present pioneering dance-theater company Urban Bush Women in Legacy + Lineage + Liberation at The Nimoy on Friday April 19, 2024 at 8 pm.

Urban Bush Women To Present THE LEGACY + LINEAGE + LIBERATION TOUR
by A.A. Cristi - March 19, 2024


Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Urban Bush Women, a Black women-led dance company, with their national tour, Legacy + Lineage + Liberation. Experience iconic works and new pieces that explore equity, justice, and identity.

The Fisher Center at Bard Unveils SummerScape 2024 Programming Featuring Theater, Opera, Dance & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 13, 2024


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Works & Process presents Houston Grand Opera and Urban Bush Women: Intelligence by Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 7:30 pm at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum as part of the Works & Process Fall 2023 Season.

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Urban Bush Women will present the Harlem, New York Premiere of Haint Blu, an immersive dance theater work seeped in memory and magic on June 10, 13-16, & 18, 2023.

Urban Bush Women Explore The Spirits Of The Historic Hampton House In Site-Specific Performance HAINT BLU
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2023


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