Precision & Abandonment
KST Presents
with Edisa Weeks
Co-Presented with PearlArts
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
9:00am – 10:15am
KST’s Alloy Studios | 5530 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $10 – $25
Working with concepts of falling, momentum, suspension, as well as with breath and structured improvisations, participants will explore a way of moving that emphasizes ease and efficiency. You will be encouraged to cultivate exploration, creativity, and risk-taking; and to dance with both precision and abandonment.
Photo Credit: Julie Lemberger
AND DON’T MISS…
DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks
3 RITES: Liberty
Friday & Saturday, April 26* – 27* | *with discussion
7:30pm – 9:00pm (including discussion)
Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $15 – $35
Welcome Dinner & Artist Talk
with Edisa Weeks
Monday, April 22
6:00pm – 8:00pm
KST’s Alloy Studios | 5530 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $0 – $25
- ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Edisa Weeks (she/her) – Concept, Choreographer, Performer – is a Brooklyn, NY based educator, choreographer and founder of DELIRIOUS Dances. She creates multimedia interactive work that merges theater with dance to explore our deepest desires, darkest fears and sweetest dreams. She grew up in Uganda, Papua New Guinea and Brooklyn, NY; and had the joy of performing with Annie–B Parsons Big Dance Theater, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co., Dance Brazil, Homer Avila, Jane Comfort, Jon Kinzel, Muna Tseng, Reggie Wilson Fist & Heel Performance Group, Sally Silvers, Spencer/Colton Dance, among others. She is a recipient of several awards including a 2022 Creative Capital Grant. She teaches choreography, improvisation, dance technique, and mentors emerging artists at Queens College CUNY.