selected works…
rose water sundaze
space for being
“This gratitude I will carry at the tip of my spine as my hands & arms reaches up swoops around carves within (breathe here) with me today. Goodness thanks for sharing this dance with me.”
What does it take to be held and to hold? Drawing from Jhia’s sundays are for the water weekly ritual self-actualization practice, rose water sundaze is an exploration of world building for being. Grieving, loving, resting, sensing, moving…the luxury of being. This interdisciplinary, asynchronous work is an intentional practice of noticing, building, and holding space for being through the use of dance, film, sound, writing, and everyday life practices. The stimulations are daily email prompts drawn from the generative process of the work that foster opportunities for embodied, active self-reflection in daily life and will elaborate on ways to contribute to the collective space cycles in person or from a distance. The collective space cycle events are times in which you are invited to enter and exit when you’d like, show up as you are, actively participate in the offerings as much as you’d like, or rest, witness, and generally hold space. With video, sound, live space activators, plants, herbal offerings, and more you are invited to make your own home and to wander about the space.
There is power in the space we choose to make and take.
This experiment is led by Jhia Jackson and developed with the personal and artistic contributions of Patrick Perkins (film), Eric Brooks (soundscape), Chris Scarver (mover), Liz Mulkey (mover), Shaunnah Ray (mover), Jes Deville (mover), and Noah D. James III (mover). Special thanks to Joe Goode Annex for co-producing the work, Little Boxes Theater for providing filming space, and PUSH Dance Company for awarding Jhia the P4C relief fund which she used to support her sundays are for the water practice.
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Daddy Matters
Health/care
Daddy Matters is a father-daughter duet that uses structured improvisation, audience direction, and a blend of Black contemporary music styles to engage with themes of race, family, and Parkinson’s Disease. The work generated from an interview with Grandma Tiger, creating an intergenerational experience that evolves over time as the family shifts and the work’s intended audience does as well. For example, the virtual arts event invites families, artists, healthcare practitioners, and those living with Parkinson’s Disease or similar neurological conditions to join us in creating a space for reflection on the role of family relationships in promoting human flourishing. The class series welcomes us to engage with the choreographic tools that are foundational for the creation of Daddy Matters – story, music, movement, and being present - as ways to explore and share our own relational stories, nourishing the creative possibilities present in all the relationships in our lives.