CU Boulder Assistant Professor of Dance Helanius J. Wilkins and Holly Bass, a performance and visual artist, writer and director from Washington, D.C. will discuss how their identities and experiences shape their performance practices rooted in resilience and resistance.
Helanius Wilkins, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, is an award-winning choreographer, performance artist, innovator, and educator. To date, he has choreographed and directed more than 60 works, including two critically acclaimed musical productions for Washington, D.C.’s Studio Theater. He founded the long running EDGEWORKS Dance Theater, an all-male dance company of predominantly African American men in Washington D.C. Currently, he is based in Boulder, where he is associate chair of the theatre and dance department and a CU Boulder assistant professor of dance. He is a member of the National Board of Directors of the American College Dance Association for the Northwest region and was appointed in 2018 by Governor Jared Polis to the Colorado Council on Creative Industries.
Holly Bass is a multidisciplinary performance and visual artist, writer and director. Her work has been presented at the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Museums, the Seattle Art Museum, Art Basel Miami Beach (Project Miami Fair) and the South African State Theatre. Her visual art work spans photography, installation, video and performance and can be found in the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the D.C. Art Bank, as well as private collections. She has published poems in numerous journals and anthologies. A gifted and dedicated teaching artist, she directed a year-round creative writing and performance program for adjudicated youth in Washington D.C.’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services as well as facilitating workshops nationally and internationally. She is currently the national director for Turnaround Arts at the Kennedy Center, a program which uses the arts strategically to transform schools facing severe inequities.
| Donate | $5.00 |
| Donate | $10.00 |
| Donate | $15.00 |
| Donate | $0.00 |