Dance Performance and Choreography
Spelman Dance Theatre Fall 2025 Concert
Directed by CiCi Kelley and featuring the Spelman Noire Choir, JUXTO: A Black Reimagining will be presented by the Spelman Dance Theatre from November 14–16, 2025, in the Prince Theater at the Spelman College Center for Innovation & the Arts. Showtimes are Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. Admission is free for AUC students, faculty, and staff, $10 for non-AUC students, and $15 for the general public. The event is cashless, and the show content is intended for audiences 18 and over.
Emory Arts and Social Justice Project Showcase and Community Conversation
Join the Emory Arts and Social Justice Program for an evening of performances, exhibits, and dialogue showcasing how Emory and Spelman students use creativity to spark social change. The Arts and Social Justice Project Showcase and Community Conversation will take place on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, from 6 - 9 p.m. at the Spelman College Center for Innovation and the Arts, 407 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310.
This annual showcase highlights collaborations between artists and faculty pairings featuring Atlanta artists Aurielle Marie, Kiara Gilbert, Nabil Ahmed, and Shernā Ann Phillips (Dr. Nae) and their Emory/Spelman faculty and student counterparts.
Together, these teams have developed creative works addressing social justice issues impacting our communities. Attendees are also invited to experience Repossessions at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and SwitchCodes #3, a collaborative performance series by T. Lang and Adam Mirza, inaugural ASJ faculty collaborators bridging Emory and Spelman. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.
Questions?
Please email us at asj@emory.edu.
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Creativity Meets Critical Thought
Dance at Spelman is a critical and creative thinking laboratory that nurtures women of the African Diaspora. Students investigate intersections of experimental creative practices, cultural discourse, and technology. In keeping with the College's focus on social justice and innovation, the department's theory and composition classes fuse technology and womanist theory along with other social discourse. The curriculum centers on the choreographic process through the lens of Black feminist theories, contemporary dance techniques, and interdisciplinary collaborative practice. Please refer to the latest dance performance and choreography major requirements for full requirements and course descriptions .
Alumna Spotlight: Tendayi Kuumba
Chita Rivera Outstanding Female Dancer on Broadway 2022 as Lady in Brown in the Tony Nominated Broadway Revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Tendayi Kuumba, C'2010, is an international dancer, choreographer, singer,songwriter and Spelman College grad.
Additionally in recent years, Kuumba was an original cast member background vocalist/dancer of Special Tony Award-Winning David Byrne’s American Utopia on Broadway as well as its World Tour since 2018 and the HBO Film adaptation directed by Spike Lee. A former touring company member of Urban Bush Women, Tendayi is a longtime collaborator with partner Greg Purnell under the alias UFLYMOTHERSHIP. Together they build sonic/choreographic projects. These projects include Heroiné, Incog-negro, U.F.O: Stardust Melanin, U.F.O “The Mixtape” and “The Adventures of Mr Left Brain & Ms Right” from their recent Bloodlines commission by the Petronio Residency Center.