An ambitious oral history project, aiming to record (textually) the personal stories of individuals who were affected by or active in the Civil Rights Movement, Voices of Civil Rights presents these stories in a fully searchable database.
UBW 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.
Also known for their disco recordings, Kool and the Gang were popular on the funk scene, with their memorable hit, "Jungle Boogie."
Sly Stone and his large, multiracial band, the Family Stone, laid the groundwork for 70s funk with their pulsing rhythms, brassy instrumentation, audacious costumes, and socially conscious lyrics.
UBW are ever mindful of new trends and influences in music. One of its newest creations, which premiered at the Joyce Theater in May 2007, is an homage to urban funk music. This site contains essential information on seminal funk bands Parliament-Funkadelic and founder George Clinton.
Bridget Moore is the first winner of UBW’s Project New Generation for Sacred Vessel. New York-based choreographer Camille Brown has also been involved with the project, a significant new initiative for developing and encouraging new creative talent.
Zollar 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.
A creative and invigorating collaboration has been formed between UBW and Germaine Acogny and her Compagnie JANT-BI of Senegal. Together with JANT-BI’s seven-dancer company, the UBW created the evening-long The Scale of Memory.
UBW's notable collaborations include a four-year program with the National Company of Song and Dance of Mozambique, whose 50 dancers and musicians perform all over the world. Shadow’s Child, part of LCI's 2002 repertory, about a Mozambique girl who moves to America with her family, is one result of that collaboration.
This site is an excellent adjunct to the official UBW web site. It contains a dance index with video clips, information about the UBW collaboration with the Walker Art Center of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and articles by Ananya Chatterjea on the legacies of the Urban Bush Women.
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An ambitious oral history project, aiming to record (textually) the personal stories of individuals who were affected by or active in the Civil Rights Movement, Voices of Civil Rights presents these stories in a fully searchable database.
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