Jamal Jackson Dance Company

Jamal Jackson Dance Company’s (JJDC) ADULTIFICATION refers to the racial bias in which people perceive black children as older and less innocent than other children. Black boys can be seen as responsible for their actions at an age when most boys still benefit from the assumption that children are innocent. This work explores the joy we can and should see in young black children and juxtaposes it with the forced adulthood set upon these young black lives.

Caretakers of Land/Land Acknowledgement: Munsee Lenape

Estimated Artist Fee: $22,000/performance; $44,000/week-long residency/workshop