Ogemdi Ude is known for interdisciplinary works that excavate grief, tunneling through despair in search of joy. But her first dance love was the spectacular showmanship of majorette teams. Growing up in Atlanta, she admired the majorettes at local football games. In middle school, she immersed herself in majorette dance, which was created by Black women and femmes at historically Black colleges and universities.
Ude’s MAJOR revisits that early passion. A collaboration with six dancers and the musical artist Lambkin, the work—making its North American debut at New York Live Arts January 7–10 before touring—considers majorette dance from both a sociopolitical and a personal perspective. Read this story at dancemagazine.com.
Margaret Fuhrer 