We’re honored to announce that MBDance has received a $10,000 grant from RESIST, a foundation that has been redistributing resources to radical, visionary grassroots movements for over 50 years. Since its founding, RESIST has supported organizers, artists, and communities who are fighting against capitalism, white supremacy, and colonialism by working to build the world we deserve. To date, Resist has […]
These are the bodies that have not borne. is a reckoning, a prayer and a monument to grief and to spell-casting for Black and Brown people who have not birthed children through their bodies. Join us at BAAD! on October 13-14, 2023 for a work-in-progress performance-ritual with Maria Bauman and brilliant collaborators: Josiah Jay, Ke’Ron Jamaul, Rochelle Wilbun & Graciella Ye’Tsunami. […]
Our world premiere of Desire: A Sankofa Dream takes place on Friday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23 at 7PM EST via Zoom. “In the face of fascism and separation, I am preoccupied with how we can all practice being together, better. For Desire…, I’ve drawn inspiration from Black Queer survival technologies such as place-making […]
BAAD! and The Chocolate Factory Theater are presenting the world premiere of (re)Source, a new performance by Maria Bauman-Morales / MBDance. Tickets are available at https://chocolatefactorytheater.org/maria-bauman-morales/ (re)Source is an evening-length live danced and spoken artwork performed inside an installation (crafted by Bauman-Morales in consultation with Zimbabwean-born interdisciplinary artist Nontsikelelo Mutiti) of taut strings and framed images which immersively surrounds […]
Pittsburgh family, please join us for the New Moves Contemporary Dance Festival at Kelly-Strayhorn Theater May 9-12! Maria was recently in Pittsburgh for an Understanding & Undoing Racism training and to meet with folks at the August Wilson Cultural Center. It’s exciting to go back so soon and keep learning about the communities there. About the Systems […]
Desire: A Sankofa Dream (a work-in-progress) is a multi-disciplinary, site-responsive artwork centered on imagination and consent as mechanisms of survival which must be practiced rigorously. We are sharing this April 5 and 6 at Brooklyn Arts Exchange at 7:30 pm. The piece – which takes place inside a kaleidoscope – includes dancing, original text, art […]
The Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center has announced its second cohort of awardees and fellowship candidates. Our own Maria Bauman-Morales is one of them, along with Ananya Chaterjea, Hope Boykin, Stephanie McKee, and Ni’Ja Whitson! The new Cohort was selected through a nationwide vetting process to identify choreographers who have distinctive artistic voices, compelling point […]
Monday evening, October 8th 2018, MBDancer Courtney Cook won a New York Dance and Performance Award, commonly known as a Bessie! It was absolutely fabulous to celebrate her at the award ceremony! Courtney was honored with a Bessie for Sustained Achievement as a phenomenal artist across three different companies: MBDance, Urban Bush Women, and Marguerite Hemmings. […]
MBDance is featured on InfiniteBody’s Honor Roll 2018 for our work ‘(re)Source, an investigation-in-process’ at Brooklyn Arts Exchange this past April! InfiniteBody is a blog of “art and creative consciousness” by Eva Yaa Asantewaa. She is a Bessie-Award-winning writer, arts advocate, and curatorial director at Gibney. Her Honor Roll celebrates noteworthy works in the fields […]
MBDance had the honor of being Gibney’s 2017 Community Action Artist in Residence and the short, retrospective video on that arts-based community engagement is now available! Click on the link below to see more of MBDance’s residency. During the residency Maria and the MBDancers created with, connected to, and fostered connections among various communities, through dance. This video is a recap […]
