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BLACK IS HOLY: A WORD is an immersive installation and 30-minute multidisciplinary performative meditation birthed at the crossroads of spirituality and sensuality. Migrating the audience through jazz-infused realms rich with ancestral choreographies and sermonic storytelling, B.I.H. acts as a divine medium converging the past and the present. Carefully drawing on embodied practices within the Hoodoo spiritual system, B.I.H. submerges viewers into a Black cultural landscape where the sacred and secular collide.
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Photos by Dylan Singleton
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Length: 30 minutes
Performers: Cyrah L. Ward, Ronya-Lee Anderson
Scores & Choreography: Cyrah L. Ward In collaboration with Ronya-Lee Anderson
Spoken Words: Cyrah L. Ward, Ronya-Lee Anderson
Sound Design: Cyrah L. Ward
Scenic Design: Sarah Beth Hall & Cyrah L. Ward
Costume Design: Cyrah L. Ward & Ashlynne Ludwig
Lighting Design: Luis Garcia
Film: Cyrah L. Ward
Projection Design: Deja Collins
Stage Managing: Safiya Muthaliff
Final Performance Video Editing and Recording: Mark Williams
Premiere: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Performers: Cyrah L. Ward, Ronya-Lee Anderson
Scores & Choreography: Cyrah L. Ward In collaboration with Ronya-Lee Anderson
Spoken Words: Cyrah L. Ward, Ronya-Lee Anderson
Sound Design: Cyrah L. Ward
Scenic Design: Sarah Beth Hall & Cyrah L. Ward
Costume Design: Cyrah L. Ward & Ashlynne Ludwig
Lighting Design: Luis Garcia
Film: Cyrah L. Ward
Projection Design: Deja Collins
Stage Managing: Safiya Muthaliff
Final Performance Video Editing and Recording: Mark Williams
Premiere: University of Maryland, College Park, MD