Transcending movement | Penn Today
Transcending movement Principal dancers from Philadanco! perform and discuss their discipline with choreographer Dawn Marie Bazemore and Penn’s Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson, Deborah Thomas, and doctoral candidate Dixon Li. Philadanco! performing Oshun. The March 3 performance was revised for length and number of dancers. (Image: Julianne Harris) Known as a river deity in the Yoruba tradition of West Africa, Oshun is venerated as the embodiment of the female spirit and celebrated throughout the Black diaspora with gold, copper, ...