DREAMING IN BEDSTUY (2017)

“Dreaming in BedStuy” was a project shown at STooPs 2017 on August 5, 2017. It used movement and sound that honored the loss, resistance, and hope of its residents. Movement was informed and accompanied by this soundscape created by recorded audio from interviews asking BedStuy residents the following questions:

What or who have you lost/gained in BedStuy in the past ten years?
What are the current problems/patterns we see in BedStuy?
What does daily resistance, look, sound, feel like in BedStuy?
What does freedom look, sound, dream, and feel like in BedStuy?

Movement practices included the cypher, call/response, hand clapping games, and social and street style dances such as breaking, Waacking, Hip Hop and Contemporary improvisational movement and flocking. In a moment where our bodies as people of color have been marked as dangerous, hypersexual, or invisible, this work used movement to witness and testify our stories of struggle and resistance, and imagine new stories and narratives for our community.

Creative Director: Babay L. Angles
Sound Design: Babay L. Angles
Dancers: Rochelle Wilbun and Chad MMR
Photography: David Walters