June 24: Solitude
Tina Bush & Shirley Black Brown Coward
“Suddenly people aren’t always coming into your focus and you’re not walking into people all the time — it just leaves you time to understand yourself.”
— NAOMI GOLDBERG HAAS
Tina Bush
Tina Bush is a native of Bridgeport, Ct. Her credits include television, Stage and film: “Reading Rainbow,” The Jamison Project and “Alma’s Rainbow” and others. She directed the Bridgeport Ailey Camp program, was Rehearsal Director of ASPG, Choreographer for several PPAS recitals, “Crossing Over,” Ailey January Explosion, Ailey/Fordham BFA Freshman, currently setting a new work on The Ailey Student Performance Group as well as teaching the Horton technique.
Shirley Black Brown Coward
Shirley Black-Brown-Coward is a graduate of the Julliard School and an award-winning veteran performing artist of classical and modern, Broadway and liturgical dance. She is also a Master Teacher and received an Audelco Award for Best Off-Broadway Choreographer for Black Nativity by Langston Hughes. She was a founding member of George Faison’s Universal Dance Theater.
Behind the Scenes
Watch Tina’s process in developing this dance.
Explore the improvisation process, exploring content to create Tina’s dance.
Listen to Shirley reflect on her inspiration behind this dance.
Enjoy the body of work Shirley has created for and with Dances For A Variable Population.
Watch the Dances
“Free”
Featured dancer: Tina Bush
Original music by: Ezra Bloom
“Heal the Brokenness”
Featured dancer: Shirley Black Brown Coward
Original music by: Yolanda “Ne” Lashee Hagins, Mietta Stancil Farrar & Avery Moses