MBDANCE

Black & queer speculative dance artwork centering our non-linear and linear stories, our physicality, our ancestors and our ways of being, in performance-ritual settings without tragedizing or tokenizing us.

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Ailey Artist-in-Residence 2024-25
Maria Bauman is currently the 2024-25 Artist-in-Residence at Alvin Ailey.  A Bessie Award-winning multidisciplinary artist and community organizer, Bauman’s work Read more
MBDance ABUNDANCE Fundraising Campaign for "These are the bodies that have not borne."
Please join MBDance as we journey toward the premiere of These are the bodies that have not borne. Our new Read more
These are the bodies that have not borne.
These are the bodies that have not borne. is a reckoning, a prayer and a monument to grief and to Read more
Talks on 'These are the bodies that have not borne.' with Ms. Melanie Person and Maria Bauman
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In this digital collage multi-sized white black and brown empty bowls line the background. In the foreground is the beautiful profile of a brown person with a bun of locks, eyes open gazing upwards, one hand laid, palm out, on their cheek. Also pictured is soft white cloth, a lit white candle, a pair of brown hands cradling dirt, there is more dirt in the background, and a slender flowering branch. The person in profile is Ziiomi Law photographed by Maddy Talias. Collage by audrey hailes
These are the bodies that have not borne.
These are the bodies that have not borne is a performance ritual centering the womb journeys of Black and Brown Read more
Maria Bauman Guest Speaker on Gibran’s Podcast!
For episode 25, Maria speaks with Gibrán Rivera on accountability, wholeness, QTPOC Sankofa Dreaming mini-festival, what it means to ‘sweat’ Read more
Performance of Desire: A Sankofa Dream Friday, August 5th!
Desire: A Sankofa Dream, by Maria Bauman and MBDance, is a site-responsive, immersive performance-ritual built around Black Queer survival techniques such as Read more
QTPOC Sankofa Dreaming announcement
QTPOC Sankofa Dreaming Mini-Festival August 5-7, 2022
MBDance is proudly offering a mini-festival of participatory workshops, a community meal and a kickoff performance--all centered around trans and Read more
Monica L. Williams writes about MBDance’s 'Desire: A Sankofa Dream'
The experience at Desire: A Sankofa Dream gave me an invitation to practice choice. To grow this muscle; to work Read more
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Maria Bauman leads a Renew & Restore Workshop as a part of The Gathering 2021
MBDance Artistic Director, Maria Bauman will lead a Renew & Restore Workshop as a part of The Gathering 2021. The Read more