Dancing Lab: Cypher | 2024
In July/August 2024, Lead Artist Amy O'Neal (Los Angeles, CA / Seattle, WA) created a national iteration of “The Hybrid Lab: Conversations in Merging Dance Cultures.” The Lab brought together artists from across the country who are practitioners and choreographers of Black social dance within the experimental performance, theater, and concert dance realms.
Invited artists included dani tirrell (Washington, DC / Seattle, WA), Ephrat Asherie (New York, NY), Michele Byrd-McPhee (Jersey City, NJ), Nicole Klaymoon (Richmond, CA), Raphael Xavier (Philadelphia, PA), d. Sabela grimes (Los Angeles, CA), and Tatiana Desardouin (Elizabeth, NJ).
Pictured (left to right, top to bottom): Amy O'Neal (Gabriel Bienczycki), dani tirrell (Unifyed Visuals), Ephrat Asherie (Mohamed Sadek), Michele Byrd-McPhee (courtesy of the artist), Nicole Klaymoon (courtesy of the artist), Raphael Xavier (Monica Chang), d. Sabela grimes (Meena Murugesan), and Tatiana Desardouin (Lauriane Ogay).