Adia Tamar Whitaker

Àṣẹ Dance Theatre Collective
Rebirth of a K(NO!)wbody
Artistic Discipline: Performing ArtsDance
Category: Creative Equations Fund: Justice, Equity, & Sustainability
Grant Year: 2022
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Adia Tamar Whitaker, artistic director and founder of Àṣẹ Dance Theatre Collective, a 22-year-old, Brooklyn-based African Diaspora dance and music theater performance ensemble was awarded funds for Rebirth of a K(NO!)wbody. Rebirth of a K(NO!)wbody is an initiative to reboot and refresh the content, design, and images on Àṣẹ Dance Theatre Collective's publicity materials, website, and social media pages. PURPOSE Productions will coordinate the photoshoots and administrative tasks of this initiative. PURPOSE supports artists and organizers in the mothering of PURPOSE-full work that seeks to unify and develop our world community. Since 2010, PURPOSE has been doing administrative, media design, and project management work for Adia Tamar Whitaker and Àṣẹ.

Photo by Winston Williams