Moving Verse!

Sangeeta Yesley is an independent producer of arts and entertainment events with a background in dance. She loves producing hybrid shows exploring relationships between dance and other art forms.

Sangeeta Yesley, Creative Performances

JCAL presents a Building Equity Initiative for BIIPOC Artists, sponsored by a grant from New York Community Trust.

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"MOVING VERSE" - an evening of dance performances choreographed in collaboration with poets and their crafts, where poetry and dance merge together. Curated by Sangeeta Yesley of Creative Performances with Co-Curator Paige "Queen TuT" Stewart and Associate Curator/Art Designer Jeffrey D Holman fka Freedom Jones. 'Moving Verse' is a performance project that is a part of JCAL's <a href="https://www.jcal.org/building-equity" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Building Equity Initiative</a> for BIIPOC artists. WHEN: July 9, Saturday, 7:30 pm (EDT)WHERE: Blackbox Theater, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432. <a href="https://www.jcal.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.jcal.org/</a>DURATION: 45 Minutes + post show talk-back. ADMISSION: FREE (in-person &amp; virtual) Featuring Choreographers: * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/armada_dance/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jen Roit</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thevoicemancebo/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ernesto Mancebo</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katharinepettitcreative/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Katharine Pettit</a> * <a href="https://linktr.ee/Lady.katie" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Katie Oliver</a>* <a href="http://www.TheQueenTuT.Com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Paige "Queen TuT" Stewart </a>Featuring Poets: * <a href="http://www.theredlines.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Albert Andrew Garcia</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anthonyrobertgibbons/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Robert Anthony Gibbons</a> * <a href="https://linktr.ee/sheresefrancis" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sherese Francis </a>* <a href="http://www.instagram.com/CaselCapturesLLC" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Verbal Artisan</a> ** Registration is required. ** The show will be live streamed via JCAL's YouTube Channel - <a href="https://youtu.be/3YwKm1_BF80" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://youtu.be/qnEpqBvhezo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/qnEpqBvhezo</a>*** COVID-19 Protocol: Audience is 'required' to wear masks while inside the theater. Thank you. **** Post-show reception with wine and snacks in the art gallery.

Associate Curator/Art Design: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/interfuzions_/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jeffrey D Holman fka Freedom Jones</a>

Dance Company: Amazing Grace; Choreographer: Katie OliverKatie is a NYC based multidisciplinary artist who uses movement, music, and performance to inspire the next generation and has been performing professionally in the dance and entertainment industries for more than 10 years. For over 15 years as a NYC arts educator, Katie has been serving the most deprived communities throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, &amp; Queens . From Ballroom to Street Dance, and everything in between, Katie has work with acclaimed choreographers such as Maria Torres, Shani Talmor, Sekou McMiller, Rokafella &amp; Kwikstep, Princess Lockeroo and many more. Some of her credits include Montell Jordan, MC YOYO, The Wepaman (RIP), Judy Torres, Toby Love, Ladies of Hip Hop, AfroPunk, Summer Stage NYC &amp; Mercedes Benz Fashion Week &amp; more.

Dance Company: The Kingdom Dance Company; Choreographer: Paige "Queen TuT" Stewart Paige "Queen TuT '' Stewart from Queens, New York; is a dance instructor and choreographer. She has danced for Nick Cannon (Red Nose day), Fred Hammond (concert opener), Lupe Fiasco (opener), DMC (music video) &amp; Ariane Grande (TRL live). The Kingdom Dance Company was created providing free dance classes/ professional development workshops for artists.Photographer Credit: @soulesque - Walter Bryant

Dance Company: Katharine Pettit Creative - KPC; Choreographer: Katharine PettitBio: Katharine Pettit Creative spotlights social injustices using dance as our universal language, changing minds by opening hearts through movement. Founded in 2016, KPC equally stands for "Keeping People Connected". Composed of humans from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, representing different nationalities, creeds, body shapes and sizes, KPC centers LGBTQ+ and BIPOC humans at the core of every story we tell.Photographer Credit: Michael Bonasio Media.

Dance Company: Armada Dance; Choreographers: Ernesto Mancebo &amp; Jennifer RoitErnesto Mancebo is a Brooklyn dancer and photographer who is passionate about social justice and creating a world of equity.Through the vehicle of Jen Roit’s art and vision, Armada Dance strives to make contemporary and modern dance more accessible to broader audiences through narrative dance and artistic collaboration.Photographer Credit: Ernesto Mancebo

Poet: A.A.Garcia - The Red Lines A.A.Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist and a writer with a background in performance theory and writing. His practice spans live performance, video, and light installation. Garcia is known for his audio-visual dance performances that explore in series the “Queer Brown Body” in collaboration with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Judson Memorial Church, Dixon Place, and the Wild Project. Garcia is committed to producing work that is socially engaged in the queer Latinx community. He holds a BFA from The New School. Photographer Credit: Johnathan Lewis

Poet: Robert Anthony GibbonsRobert Anthony Gibbons’s first collection, Close to the Tree, published by Three Rooms Press (2012). His chapbook, Flight, published by Poets Wear Prada (2019) You Almost Home, boy, published by Harlequin Creatures (2019) with Brooklyn based artist, Amy Williams, “Some Little Words” published 440 Gallery, Brooklyn (2021) His most recent manuscript, Whom the Higher Gods Forgot will be out early 2022.Photographer Credit: Marcus Jackson( Chicago)

Poet: Sherese FrancisSherese Francis is an Alkymist of the I-Magination and expresses her(e)self through poetry, interdisciplinary arts, workshop facilitation, editing and literary curation. Her(e) work has been published in various journals and magazines, and Sherese also has published three chapbooks.Photographer Credit: Rosalyn Fernandez

THE VERBAL ARTISANThe Verbal Artisan, a creative from Queens, NY has been surrounded by the arts since childhood. Her writings reflect the reality many live. She creates based on what she feels needs to be discussed on a larger scale. She seeks to uplift &amp; provoke thought to cause others to look at things from someone else's perspective.

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