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Happy Birthday Month Carmen! #Womenshistorymonth

Happy Birthday Month Carmen!

#Womenshistorymonth with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre work honoring Carmen De Lavallade. Featuring Music “Zeitgeist” for Violin, Clarinet and Piano Composed by Octavio Vazquez, in an excerpt from “La résiliente Carmen,” with film design, direction, choreography, and editing by Sean McLeod.

A work in two movements, “La résiliente Carmen” honors Carmen De Lavallade, her example of compassion and humanity, and the resilience she represents. A reminder that character and consistent appreciation for life is powerful. This excerpt features roles performed by Hana Ginsburg Tirosh and Lauren Farrugia.

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Happy International Women’s Day from the Kaleido

Happy International Women’s Day from the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre!

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#Womenshistorymonth with Kaleidoscope Dance Theatr

#Womenshistorymonth with Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre. This excerpt from McLeod’s 2022 work “Americana” features Spoken Word writings by award winning author Reenah Golden. This unwrapped movement by principal dancer Kierstyn Zaykoski coupled with the depth of Golden’s words presents the stark weight women carry each day as they move through society. However today, and every day, we at Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre want to remind you, as do the words of Reenah Golden and performance of Kierstyn Zaykoski, “Woman, you, are, whole.”

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Choreography : @seanmcleodofficial
Spoken word: @reenahgolden
Dancer: @kierstyn.zaykoski

Celebrating day #1 of Women’s History Month with

Celebrating day #1 of Women’s History Month with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre! Here is an excerpt from “Strength of Women”, the 4th movement of a 5 piece work by Sean McLeod @seanmcleodofficial entitled “Soul”. Soul is a work that explores an African Mythology of how the world began.

Strength of Women explores how women nurture the children and men of society, and when called upon, they set the baby down to become warriors; and if need be, while having a baby in one arm.

#womenshistorymonth #women #followkdt #seanmcleod #moderndance #contemporarydance #blackdance #soul #strengthofwomen #morethandance #choreography #womenofkdt #womenempowerment

This Giving Tuesday we are thankful for the opport

This Giving Tuesday we are thankful for the opportunity to connect regardless of where we are around the globe. Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre wants to know:

“What color will you paint this life?”

Our mission is to illustrate through the arts the abundant resources and enrichment, which minority persons, women, and people of color bring to our lives and society.

Help us to continue the connection with movement, music, and conversation in events like the @Newyorkdancefestival , @harriettubmanfreedommusicfest and more. Donate to the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre. Any amount is appreciated. Link in bio.

#givingtuesday #support #dance #professionaldance #blackbusiness #choreography #supportwomen #followkdt #mcleodtechnique

GIVING TUESDAY! Support the act of caring, the wor

GIVING TUESDAY! Support the act of caring, the work of including people, the commitment of sharing.

Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre is a Black and Woman run, professional ballet & modern dance company. Creating work for all people in honor of Black and People of Color, inclusive stories of heritage and contribution live in our work. We challenges what activism is.

Our mission is to illustrate through the arts the abundant resources and enrichment, which minority persons, women, and people of color bring to our lives and society.

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#worldballetday Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre with Ch

#worldballetday Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre with Christina Almeida as La Reina in Sean McLeod’s “Bach in the Spanish Court” circa 2001.

@seanmcleodofficial
@christinamariaalmeida

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From the Archives: Ann Hagen, Lorienne Beals, and

From the Archives: Ann Hagen, Lorienne Beals, and Sean McLeod rehearse “3 Evils (Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil)”.

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Sean McLeod’s “UnMuddying the Water” is a wo

Sean McLeod’s “UnMuddying the Water” is a work in progress. Seen here performed by the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre in a showing at the New York Dance Festival @newyorkdancefestival with the special guest, Ballet Legend Karen “KB” Brown. The beautiful score was written, played, and performed by the immensely talented Kim Kalesti! The work is about racism and the confusion, pain, isolation, and death caused by It. It is told in movements entitled; ageism, the classicism of roles, and captures to the breathless impacts on women, and specifically on Black women. The role of man is undetermined and there is a need of a God...dess to make sense of it all; while one single girl again finds her greatest gift to mankind: compassion.

Choreographer: @seanmcleodofficial
Special Guest: @thekareninaballerina
Music: @kimkalesti

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From the Archive: The Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre r

From the Archive: The Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre rehearses Sean McLeod’s “Vient Come Tu Es” at the New York Dance Festival.

Choreography: @seanmcleodofficial

Dancers:
@gregory_livingston_dance
@loriennebeals
@diadearstyne
@jacob_j_mora
@whitbeckann
@moraporvida_contemporary_dance

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What It Means To Be Free “A Soundtrack for Harri

What It Means To Be Free “A Soundtrack for Harriet Tubman” Concert in Bed-Stuy.

Date: Sunday, February 27th
Time: 6:00 PM EST
Location: Stuyvesant Christian Heights Church @stuyvesantheights
69 MacDonough St, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Tickets: $35 & up (Sliding Scale Pandemic Response)

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**Masks & Proof of Vaccination are required for in person participants**

“A Soundtrack for Harriet Tubman” in Bedford-Stuyvesant is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. @nyscouncilonthearts

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Rehearsing the crescendo for "Of This Earth: A Wal

Rehearsing the crescendo for "Of This Earth: A Walk with Nature".

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"A South African Peace" excerpt with Jerami Kipp,

"A South African Peace" excerpt with Jerami Kipp, Lorienne Beals, Edward Rosado, Sean McLeod - Choreography @seanmcleodofficial

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At the Women’s Rights National Historical Park d

At the Women’s Rights National Historical Park during the annual Convention Days Celebration. One of Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre’s focus is showing the multiple facets women bring to society.

This concerts excerpts feature:

“Breath of a Mother’s Whisper” by Gregory Livingston @gregory_livingston_dance
“Sisters”, “Mother Black Child”, and “Rite of Passage: Comfortable within My Skin” by Sean McLeod @seanmcleodofficial

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An excerpt from “Gershwin Suites”, the pas de

An excerpt from “Gershwin Suites”, the pas de deux by Sean McLeod (@seanmcleodofficial ) with Jacquelyn Scafidi and Jerami Kipp ( @jeramikipp ). For 32 years the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre has held the choreographic legacy of prolific Black and women choreographers in its archives. “Black ballet and modern choreographers are worthy”.

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Gregory Livingston has set, shared, created, and c

Gregory Livingston has set, shared, created, and collaborated on works that touches your very soul. For 31 years the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre has held the choreographic legacy of prolific Black and women choreographers like Livingston. Here is an excerpt of Gregory Livingston and Sean McLeod in a duet at the New York Dance Festival. @gregory_livingston_dance @seanmcleodofficial

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Thomas Warfield shared, created, set, and performe

Thomas Warfield shared, created, set, and performed his work with KDT for three decades. For 31 years the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre has held the choreographic legacy of prolific Black and women choreographers. Here is an excerpt of Thomas Warfield's Simple Moon in the 1998 KDT Community of Color Gala Concert! @peaceartthomas

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Let us begin! From the Archives: An excerpt from

Let us begin!

From the Archives: An excerpt from one of our company's first signature works, Sean McLeod's "Soul". @seanmcleodofficial

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