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This report, aired on NPR in 2002, discusses the influence of choreographer Pearl Primus on contemporary choreographers. Excerpts from an interview with the now deceased Primus, as well as a focus on (retro)spective choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar make this an extremely valuable recording. RealPlayer is required to listen. -
1voteUBW founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar has had a major influence on artists of her own generation, such as Liz Lerman of Liz Lerman’s Dance Exchange. Liz states that Jawole has inspired her "to create change" in the artistic life of her Jewish community.
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1voteZollar is prominently featured in "Free to Dance," a three-part 2001 PBS documentary about the influence of African American choreographers and dancers on various forms of American art. Pearl Primus, influential social activist and choreographer and the subject of Walking with Pearl, and Alvin Ailey, with whom UBW has worked, are also featured.
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1voteAfter graduating from college, Zollar studied in New York with Dianne McIntyre, where she became imbued with a love for the energy of African dance.
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1voteAfter graduating from college, Zollar studied in New York with Kei Takei. From the Japanese-born Takei she learned the importance of cross-cultural influences in dance.
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1voteZollar’s concept of "culture as a catalyst" was strengthened by her readings of Antonin Artaud, playwright (among other things) and advocate of surrealism and the breaking down of barriers between artist and audience. Her own thinking about the radical presentation of social and political dimensions in art was influenced by his writings.
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1voteZollar studied the social influence of collectives like the Free Southern Theater, which originated in Jackson, Mississippi, and later moved to New Orleans. The organization has been in the forefront of the Black Arts Movement and the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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1voteJawole Willa Jo Zollar's early influences included Deborah Hay, who led Zollar to explore the dance potential of everyday movement patterns.
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1voteThe official site of Urban Bush Women includes a wide range of information and is an ideal jumping-off point for further research. The site includes background, mission and history, current programs like the Summer Institute and Project Next Generation, a schedule of performances, organizational information, articles from Dance Magazine and Essence and a profile of founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.
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