Phi la • dic tion: (noun) 1 A state of wonder and creativity that originated in Philadelphia and expands throughout the globe. 2 A fiendish insatiability that fuels performace and insanity. 3 A visual performance hub founded by Jaamil Olawale Kosoko that supports dynamic ideas and cultural exchange in partnership with anonymous bodies || art collective.
Curator/choreographer/performer Jaamil Olawale Kosoko talks with Brenda Dixon Gottschild, whose scholarship on the presence and influence of Africanist aesthetics in American dance forms has made an indelible intervention in the genealogy of dance history and contemporary dance.
By Roger Lee for The Dance Journal
Welcome to the very first Art in Odd Places podcast! Today we’re chatting with Jaamil Olawale Kosoko about his upcoming show, other.explicit.bodies. While we’re at it we discuss representations of the black male body in the media and everyday performances of race and gender.
DNA LateNite’s “other.explicit.bodies” This Weekend
One of the most important aspect of the Annual Meeting is that of providing opportunities to see new work.
Each year during the Annual Meeting, NPN highlights new work of diverse contemporary performing and visual artists in the US.