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How I come to this…

By bdfNew - The Future Impossible
Read Article Jaamil Olawale Kosoko (they/he), a multi-spirited Nigerian American author, performance artist, and curator of Yoruba and Natchez descent, is originally from Detroit, MI. In Fall 2020, they were...
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February 3, 2022

What We’ve Gained

By bdfNew - The Future Impossible
Play VideoPlay Video Read Transcription Tislarm Bouie was born and raised in Brownville, Brooklyn. He attended Professional Performing Arts School and received his B.F.A from the University of the Arts....
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February 2, 2022

A Conversation over Zoom

By bdfNew - The Future Impossible
A Conversation over Zoom: Hello, Good morning. My name is Adanna Kai Jones. I am a black woman, of Afro-Caribbean descent, from Trinidad and Tobago. I teach Dance and Dance...
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February 2, 2022

7 Years: A Haunting Deadline

By bdfNew - The Future Impossible
7 Years A Haunting Deadline, and Some Ideas for Continuing Forward Anyway It was a weekday afternoon, early on in the almost three years working with Parsons Dance as first...
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February 2, 2022

I want to run far from here

By bdfSummer 2021: The Future Impossible
I            WANT            TO            RUN            FAR           ...
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August 20, 2021

The Future Impossible

By bdfSummer 2021: The Future Impossible

“the act of witnessing black women and black femmes in a rested state is a political statement. it pushes back. it disrupts. it says no! it is a form of…

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August 20, 2021

two friends (Raja & Charmaine) talking and trying to place ‘the future impossible possible’

By bdfSummer 2021: The Future Impossible
Raja : Hello Charmaine: Hello R: It’s so wonderful to have the one and only C: Oh stop it, stop it, stop it. It’s so wonderful to be with the...
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August 20, 2021

At the Risk of Giving You Too Much Information: Raja and Sydnie

By bdfSummer 2021: The Future Impossible
At the risk of giving you too much information: Raja and I spoke on a video call on June 18, 2021 around 3 in the afternoon. I was in my...
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August 20, 2021

Dance Conversations

By bdfSpring 2021: The Future Impossible
Dance Conversations COVID Talks with Raja and Dava   How did we come to this?  ????? No Idea? We live in a time where our industry of live performing arts...
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April 14, 2021

SPACESUIT ON THE LEFT…

By bdfSpring 2021: The Future Impossible
SPACESUIT ON THE LEFT… An Improvised Archival Mixtape-Manifesto by an Artist F.K.A Negro (Dead) conjured by Nia O. Witherspoon   Read Article   About Nia Ostrow Witherspoon Nia Ostrow Witherspoon...
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April 14, 2021
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