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​Blackened Tradition

Blackened Tradition is a triptych of solo performances by Black women set to classical music. The work explores how the Black female body moves within, against, and through a sonic tradition historically shaped to exclude it—revealing moments of endurance, tension, and rupture.
Length: 11min
Music: Sonata in E Minor, Sonata in B Minor, Sonata in D Minor all by Domenico Scarlatti
Choreographer: Cyrah L. Ward
​Performers in order: Cyrah L. Ward, Brianna Rhodes, Maxi Riley

Premiere: Columbus, OH

                    
Cyrah L. Ward © 2022
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  • Performance Research
    • Wishin N' Washin
    • BLACK IS HOLY: A WORD
    • ___ for ya life.
    • Man's Playground
    • Blackened Tradition
    • Blackened Hues
    • Film Studies
  • Hooded Hoodoo
  • Connect