We're celebrating the launch of Junebug's 2022-2023 season, For the Women Who Be, Friday, August 19 at 7pm at the Ashé Powerhouse Theater.
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Join us and be treated to:
— A work-in-progress showing of Sha'Condria "iCon" Sibley's The Here Women video, filmed and edited by jazz franklin
— Performances by Sha'Condria "iCon" Sibley, Urban Bush Women, and DJ ally BEA
— Culinary and cocktail delights by Umami Mami and Chicken and Champagne
Space is limited and RSVPs are required.
Sha'Condria "iCon" Sibley is a Louisiana Woman, auntie/advocate for #LittleBlkGirlsWithBigNames, poet, writer, artist and creative of many mediums — her work spanning across page, stage, canvas, theater, music, talk radio, and short film. She is a multiple-time national poetry slam champion and spoken word artist and the author of My Name Is Pronounced Holy: A Collection of Poems, Prayers, Rememberings, and Reclamations.
Founded in 1984 by choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women (UBW) seeks to bring the untold and under-told stories to light through dance. We do this from a woman-centered perspective and as members of the African Diaspora community in order to create a more equitable balance of power in the dance world and beyond.
Nine years a DJ.
Music lover her whole life.
Alexandria "DJ ally BEA" Bellvie is ready for your ears, seamlessly transition from classic hip-hop to EDM to Pop to Reggae to Country to Spanish music. She takes pride in being able to blend the familiar with the new & unexpected, an example of her expansive tastes in any genre.