Dying While Black & Brown
Wednesday, Dec 7th, 2011
Yoshi's SF
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
6pm Reception
7pm Program & Performance
In collaboration with composer Marcus Shelby, Joanna Haigood
will create a new work inspired by the Equal Justice Society's campaign to
restore 14th Amendment protections for victims of discrimination including
those on death row. The work will be performed at Yoshi’s SF’s 28,000 sq ft,
two-story state-of-the-art facility during Equal Justice Society’s annual gala
event on December 7th. Executive Director of EJS, Eva Paterson, learned of ZDT from
our spring performances of The Monkey & The Devil, a dance-theatre
installation about racism and race.
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Artistic Director Joanna Haigood will explore scholar and civil rights leader W.E.B. DuBois’ concept of “double consciousness” in a work-in-progress showing February 2-3, 2012 at ODC Theatre in San Franisco. The work will create the environment for broader cross-cultural exchange and awareness of identity duality. Haigood will be collaborating with composer Anthony Brown and media artist David Szlasa. More information to come soon about this landmark production.