Broadway's «The Band's Visit,» currently nominated for 11 Tony Awards, opts for desert - fatigued stillness in lieu of
ensemble dance breaks; it's evocative, not through 11 o'clock ballads but elongated silences.
A movement that began as an awkward, impromptu speech in a voice
broken with emotion steadily flowed toward a climax as an
ensemble performance of
dancing, singing, and handclapping.
With the ground -
breaking performance
ensemble at its core, ongoing initiatives like the Summer Leadership Institute (SLI), BOLD (Builders, Organizers & Leaders through
Dance) and the developing Choreographic Center, UBW continues to affect 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 ma
Dance) and the developing Choreographic Center, UBW continues to affect 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 ma
dance field and throughout the United States; and by providing platforms and serving as a conduit for culturally and socially relevant experimental art makers.