Andrea E. Woods Valdés Project Director
Andrea E. Woods Valdés and Ife Michelle Presswood Project curators
Marvin “EJ” Thorne technical Director
Lloyd Professional Services Program Design
Special Thanks
Angela Lee and the Hayti Heritage Center Staff, Alec Himwich, Jewel Jefferies, and Tabia McKenzie
Wimmin of all generations come together to acknowledge that we stand on the mighty and magnificent shoulders of wimmin artists, educators, mentors, family, and friends.
let’s celebrate anD share our creative enDeavors in the way we Do best, by being wimmin@work!
Co-Produced by The HAYTI HERITAGE CENTER and SOULOWORKS/Andrea E. Woods
7th A N N U A L
A Wimmin’s Herstory Month Celebration
Saturday, March 23, 2024 3:00 p.m.
Welcome/Emcee
Kimberly McCrae
Sister Sarah Bids You HELLO!
Sister Sarah, an elderly woman with little to do except talk and keep her eye on other people.
Dorothy N. Clark, playwright
In The Palace/Huey Trashes Room
(Medley): by Hirano/Lennertz
W-2 (A Kids Anthem) by G-Von Trap Music Group featuring So’Phia G. Dedicated to My Gran-Ma
Sophia Gee, violinist, lyricists, and future entrepreneur
The Beautiful Process: Dancing the Test of Time with Mommy’s Toes and Daddy’s Feet
Dedicated to Chita Rivera, Jeni LeGon, Algia Mae Hinton, and the women in my family who spent years on their feet serving and loving their communities and family.
Andrea E. Woods Valdés, performance writer
detangling::Untitled II
Music/sound: Olofule WizKid and live reading by Ife Michelle detangling::Untitled II is a performative iteration of Ife’s movement praxis “Detangling,” an exploration of movement as an affect of lineage, family experiences, and taught/learned behaviors.
Dedication: To the women in my family who always made time to bask in the joy of dance.
Ife Presswood, Choreographer/Artist-Educator
brave wimmin awards presentation honoring Toni K. Hall and Sadiyah Shakur Saleem for their courageous work illuminating our community and our lives
INTERMISSION
Matters of the Heart
Music: Divan Gattamorta and Roberto Attanasio
Dedicated to my grandmothers Jean Taylor and Mary Ann Wilson, Kim McCrae
Dancers: Alexandra Burchette, Lauren McBarron, Tristen Mathews, Jasmine Powell, and Megan Ross
In this Place
My work is dedicated to my grandkiss, Dynesty McCrae. May she be forever covered by and guided by the wisdom of the generations of women who came before her so that she may be equipped to empower and inspire the generations to come after her.
KT Collective, Director/Choreographer
Kristin Taylor Duncan
Blues for Blooms
Music by Sampha- Happens
This piece is dedicated to women who believed or currently believe that darkness is solely a negative thing but has found out or will soon find out that all great things started in darkness and eventually allowed itself to welcome light.
SevTheFairy, Choreographer/Poet
Carolina Gold
Dedication: for the grandmothers, and for the women in my lineage who survived the plantation.
Alexis McKenney, writer/storyteller/ activist/herbalist
Diamonds
Cover of Shirley Bassey’s title theme from the 1970s James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever After Party, an original track written and performed by Makeda Iroquois Dedicating this to black music artists Shirley Bassey, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald as examples of classic expertise and bold feminine expression.
Makeda Iroquois, singer/songwriter and performer Truth teller
