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Discover Elegant Ballroom Dance Offers

Showings:

January 16th, 2026 at 7:30 pm

January 17th, 2026 at 2pm

January 17th , 2026 at 7:30pm


There Is a Ladder is an interdisciplinary performance experience that pulls history forward while reimagining Black womanhood through choreography, video, photography, and sound.

Directed by Chania Wilson, the work centers Black women’s embodied knowledge as a living archive, where movement becomes a way of remembering, reframing, and imagining futures. Through tightly composed choreography and layered media, There Is a Ladder explores lineage, inheritance, and the quiet labor of becoming.


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THERE IS A LADDER



CHOREOGRAPHY: CHANIA WILSON IN COLLABORATION WITH DANCERS



A curated installation in conjunction with a performance in von der Heyden Theater. The choreographic work incorporates performance, film, and archival research, aiming to carve new space for Black women's narratives in modern dance.


Dancers: Kahlila Brown, Andrea Dula, Emma Little, Jasmine Powell, Stazia Ritch, Safa Salahaldeen

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY WEST DOCUMENTARY.

    Dance Gallery Highlights

    ALL PHOTOS BY CLARA ZHU

      TESTIMONIALS

        

      “They can try to take away DEI but, they cannot erase us.”-Anonymous



      “I am moved beyond words. I wish I could take the feeling in my chest and put it on paper. I am inspired and in absolute awe.”-Anonymous

      “Will be thinking about this for a while.” -Anonymous

      “Speechless—powerful, raw, and innovative work. Thank you.” -Anonymous

      “I enjoyed seeing how you moved energy through space. I felt a lot in my body while watching. Thank you for your art.” -Anonymous


      “Words cannot encapsulate the beautiful, thought-provoking choreography.”-Anonymous

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