Jamestown Dance Festival

Les Ballet Afrik – New York Is Burning

Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Sukanya Burman
Partnering DanceForce Members: Margaret Kaiser, Ivan Sygoda
Artist: Les Ballet Afrik
Community Partners: Arts Services Initiative, Buffalo; Chautauqua Region Community Foundation; Cullen Foundation; Jamestown Community College; Jamestown Pride; Jamestown Public Market; New Neighbors Coalition; Reg Lenna Center for the Arts; Sheldon Foundation; Torn Space Theatre; Wegmans; YWCA Jamestown
Audience: 800
Counties: Chautauqua, Erie

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Letter to the World VII

Double image – one of a white table and two white empty chairs. Overlayed on that image is a black woman’s hand holding a brown man’s hand. We only see the hands and the bottom of the white sleeves they are wearing.

Year: 2024-2025
DanceForce Member: D. Chase Angier
Partnering DanceForce Member: Margaret Kaiser
Artists: D. Chase Angier, Markéta  Fantová
Community Partners: Alfred University; Buffalo Central Terminal; Cayla Mae Simpson; Elaine Gardner; James Levy; Kathy and Mike Sherman; Torn Space Theatre
Audience: 1,210
Counties: Allegany, Erie Continue reading Letter to the World VII