'» [1] For her part, curator Valerie Cassel Oliver has said that Radical Presence intends to «resist reductive
conclusions about blackness» [2] and to present a version of performance in black history that transcends traditional categories of music, dance, and storytelling.
'» [i] For her part, curator Valerie Cassel Oliver has said that Radical Presence intends to «resist reductive
conclusions about blackness» [ii] and to present a version of performance in black history that transcends traditional categories of music, dance, and storytelling.
The note responds with a statement of Cassel Oliver's from the catalogue, arguing that the show's mission is to resist «reductive
conclusions about blackness: what it is or what it ain't.