May 27, 2019
In this conversation Marjani speaks about revolutionary Blackness; taping into the prayers that have been prayed for us; the alchemy of Black folks finding our spiritual fortitude and power through our creative energies; the vulnerability of imagining that you can do something; and getting Sun’d in the dance. Crowned a Prayer Warrior early in life by her elders . . . Marjani encourages us to be courageous - to “fail and frolic dopely.” (#fail and frolic dopely::)).
Marjani Forté-Saunders is a Mother, choreographer, performer, a collaborative artist, community organizer and most recently a 3 time Bessie award winning choreographer. Anchored in a steady collaboration with partner and composer Everett Asis Saunders the duo have produced seven award-winning works over the last 10 yrs. Marjani is an Inaugural recipient of the Jerome Artist Fellowship, the UBW Choreographic Center Fellowship and a two-time Princess Grace Foundation awardee. Humbly, she defines her work by its lineage stemming from culturally rich, vibrant, historic, loving, irreverent conjurers!
More about Marjani and all dem Guests: https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/guest-artists
Links for work that we mentioned during our
conversation:
MEMOIRS OF A…UNICORN (Marjani’s website): http://marjaniforte.org
The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond: https://www.pisab.org