KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
Ngugi wa Mirii
Jesusa Rodriguez
Rhodessa Jones
Conference Fees
Early-Bird Fees apply BEFORE MARCH 20
$300 Early-Bird
Full Package deal (incl. Pre-Conference);
[$350 after March 20]
$250 Early-Bird Regular Conference Registration;
[$300 after March 20]
$150 All Conference for Seniors, Students (with valid ID) & Youth
$95 Pre-Conference Only (in advance; $110 onsite)
$95 One-day Registration (In advance; $110 onsite)
Go to CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFO
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Revisit
Intersection Re/Generations
(2006)
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Intersection is NWT's biennial conference and festival examining new work practices by artists of color and showcasing multidisciplinary theater pieces on the cutting edge of new aesthetics. This year's theme, Creative UpRising(s) takes a global look at art and activism, emerging aesthetics, and the role of performance practices in cultural organizing.
D'Lo |
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INTERSECTION PARTICIPANTS include |
Dora Arreola • Roger Bonair-Agard • Djola Branner • Regie Cabico • Center for Civic Participation Art & Democracy Project • Leilani Chan • Jeff Chang • D’Lo • Suheir Hammad • Baba Israel • Millicent Johnnie • Rhodessa Jones • Channapha Khamvongsa • Lenelle Moise • Cherrie Moraga • Ralph Peña • Jerry Quickley • Jesusa Rodriguez • Mildred Ruiz • Ova Saopeng • Steven Sapp • Aparna Sindhoor • Jose Torres Tama • Voices From The Battlefront • Ngugi Wa Mirii • Youth Speaks • Kristina Wong
Pre-conference, Friday, April 4
The Rise of an Arab-American Cultural Movement
Arab American artists, cultural leaders, organizers and allies explore the aesthetics, issues, and impact of the rise of an Arab American Cultural Movement. The pre-conference includes performances, panels, and a plenary on Artistic Resistance in the Age of Islamaphobia. Join this coming together of leaders of new Arab American theater groups, cultural centers, creative journals, musics, and more! Registration for the pre-conference also includes opening ceremony and performance.
Friday Night: Opening Ceremonies
including dinner, our first keynote speaker Ngugi wa Miiri, and Project 2050
performance.
Saturday & Sunday CONFERENCE TRACKS include:
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• ARTISTIC PRAXIS
Artist-led workshops, dialogues in response to creative work, and opportunities for artist-to-artist exchange.
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Track Highlights include: - ARTIST WORKSHOPS
Roger Bonair-Agard (poetry),Djola Branner (writing), Millicent Johnnie (dance), and Mildred Ruiz (voice)!
- OPEN STUDIO with renowned Chicana playwright Cherríe Moraga and director Dora Arreola, at work with the cast of The Hungry Woman an apocalyptic blending of Greek and Mexican myths in this re-telling of the Medea tale.
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- PANEL DISCUSSION: Hip Hop Histories & Resistance brings artists and scholars together, including Jeff Chang, Millicent Johnnie and Baba Israel, to explore Hip Hop's genesis, and its influence as a worldwide voice of resistance.
• FROM ACTIVIST ART TO CULTURAL ORGANIZING
Encouraging dialogue and continuing national conversations on models and frameworks of cultural work for progressive change.
- DIALOGUE. In collaboration with the Center for Civic Participation's Art & Democracy Project , this series of artist-activist dialogues provides an opportunity to connect to an on-going national conversation on Cultural Organizing - what it is, how it works, who's doing it, and how to get involved. Also featuring Voices from the Battlefront of Cultural Equity , case studies on Creating with Refugee Communities, and artist report-backs from the Social Forums, local, national and global.
• YOUTH AESTHETICS, ACTION & LEADERSHIP
-Youth Speaks San Francisco and New WORLD Theater's Project 2050 co-host a series of sessions for young artists, activists, educators and leaders, including a Youth Dialogue on Arts Activism in an Election Year, and a collaborative workshop with 2050 and Youth Speaks artists, to create a short performance that will be presented during the conference!
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PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
Open to the General Public
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Suheir Hammad
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Friday, April 4
8 pm Bowker Auditorium
The Love in Revolution
New WORLD Theater's youth troupe, Project 2050, looks at global and personal revolutions in a high-energy hip-hop performance blending spoken word, breaking, stepping and video storytelling.
Saturday, April 5
2 pm Matinee, Bowker Auditorium
Community/One
A showcase of excerpts by activist/artists taking on important contemporary issues in a variety of aesthetics, from spoken word to interview theater. Host Kristina Wong introduces work excerpts by D'Lo ( Ramble-ations ), Lenelle Moïse ( Womb-Words, Thirsting ), Jerry Quickly ( Un-Embedded ) and Jose Torres Tama ( Cone of Uncertainty ).
Saturday, April 5
breaking letter (s)
8 pm, Bowker Auditorium
This world premiere by the celebrated poet/activist Suheir Hammad explores stories of dislocation from Palestine to New Orleans, seeking compassionate connections between peoples with histories of displacement. A collaboration of solo performance and multimedia created with video artist Waleed Zaiter.
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Also, LIVE MUSIC performances, & Intersection's infamous & fabulous late-night OPEN MIC Hosted by Regie Cabico.
For questions: email Intersection@admin.umass.edu
 CLICK HERE for more season info
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