Urban Bush Women

Haint Blu is a new ensemble dance-theater piece shepherded by Urban Bush Women's (UBW) Co-Artistic Directors Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra (Samantha) Speis. Haint Blu is a work seeped in memory and magic. Named for the color that Southern families paint their front porches to ward off bad spirits, Haint Blu uses performance as a center and source of healing, guiding us through movement into stillness and rest. It is an embodied look into familial lines and the movements, histories, and stories of our elders and ancestors. Through remembering, reclaiming, releasing, and restoring, the piece reflects on what has been lost across generations and what can be recovered. The work will be developed and performed during site-responsive residencies in and with communities around the country.

Land acknowledgement: Land of the Munsee Lenape
Estimated artist fee: $25,000 Weekly Residency