Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Brave Soul Collective at DC Black Theater Festival"

Brave Soul Collective at

DC Black Theater Festival

PREMIERES THIS SATURDAY - 8/7 @ 12NOON

Brave Soul Collective in conjunction with

The Inaugural DC Black Theatre Festival presents:

“AESTHETICS: Perception…(and the Eye of the Beholder)”

Saturday August 7^th, 2010 @ 12pm

“The Ossie Davis Stage”

@ The Warehouse Theater

1021 7^th Street NW -

Washington, DC 20001

Cost: $15

(in advance-online) /

$20

(at the door-CASH ONLY)

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“…it all depends on what you’re looking at”

Following a successful performance during this year’s in Baltimore nearly two months ago, Brave Soul Collective (BSC) returns to Washington, DC next month with “AESTHETICS: Perception…(& the Eye of the Beholder)”. On Saturday August 7^th , BSC will present an afternoon of artistic offerings which will include theatre & spoken word performances, that examine the subject of BEAUTY. Cleverly subtitled “Perception…(& the Eye of the Beholder)” this show’s featured performances will examine the various ways individuals go about the business of identifying, glorifying, and associating themselves with that which we refer to as beautiful. “AESTHETICS” will also serve as BSC’s premiere performance as part of the Inaugural DC Black Theatre festival which promises to be a historic event, showcasing the talents of individuals from the local Washington DC Metropolitan area African-American theatre arts community.

The show will feature new and original works by playwrights , Dyron Holmes, Rashad Moody & Jared Shamberger. Also returning for a second time to perform with BSC is DC native, Cornelius Jones Jr. (Broadway’s The Lion King and FlagBoy). BSC will also have a “BraveSoulGiveaway” of a special BSC gift bag which will include tickets to exclusive upcoming concerts and events in the DC metropolitan area as well as some other great gifts. Raffle tickets for the “BraveSoulGiveaway” can be purchased on the day of the event (CASH ONLY).

Tickets for this event are currently on sale (online) through the DC Black Theatre Festival website at: http://dcblacktheatrefestival.com/dcblacktheatrefestival_009.html. For information about special discounts for groups of 10 or more, please visit: http://www.bravesoulcollective.org/2010/06/aestheticsdc/

or email: bravesoultix@gmail.com.

A.A+W

with Cornelius Jones Jr.

Tune in next Wednesday for more

Arts.Advocacy+Wellness with Cornelius Jones Jr.

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EMERGING IDENTITIES: HITS NYC FRIDAY

FRIDAY

THE PREMIERE!!!

What happens when Three Colorful Agents for Change

put their bodies on the line?

Identities Emerge, Truth is told, and Change is made

in a country where many voice and faces yearn to be heard.

Everyone is asking: What is Emerging Identities?

Boldy this body of performance deal with identity through connecting personal experiences to political issues that affect people of color in the United States. Dealing with US/Mexico border culture and politics, black male fatherhood, brotherhood, and masculinity/sexuality in the 21st Century.

These brave performances ask the question:

what happens when you put your body on the line?

What will you convey?

And who will be next?

EMERGING Identities:

featuring the one-act performances by

NYU's Gallatin graduate students:

marcus d. Harvey, Yadira De La Riva,

and Cornelius Jones, Jr.

baba by marcus d. harvey is an autobiographical solo performance piece about the search for father(hood) and identity in a world where growing up black, male, and without a father is a hindrance. An emotional journey using music, movement, multi-media and text to explore ideas of the self and searching for love, manhood, and blackness.

One Journey by Yadira DeLa Riva is a woman's coming of age story through fences, concrete, citizenship papeles,

immigration policies and booby traps of the El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez border between the United States and

Mexico. Through this Journey she attempts to stitch the border wound of her identity, family and community back

together.

HomoAffection: Memories of a Nature Boy by Cornelius Jones Jr., explores the dynamics of black masculinity and identity through male-to-male intimacy, and ideas of fatherhood, brotherhood, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. The piece is a conceptual narrative, an autobiographical tale of adventures, memories, dreams and visions, told through movement, text, spoken-word, music, and multi-media.

Friday, April 16th @ 8PM

baba & One Journey

Saturday, April 17th @ 8PM

HomoAffection: Memories of a Nature Boy & baba

Sunday, April 18th @ 3PM

One Journey & HomoAffection: Memories of a Nature Boy

EMERGING Identities:

Bodies on the Line

co-produced by & starring The FUTURE'S very own

CORNELIUS JONES JR.

One-person play festival

April 16th, 17th, & 18th

Theater Lab

137 W. 14th St.

NYC

Tickets: $20

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY AT

WWW.OVATIONTIX.COM