Title: Portrait of a Free Woman of Color ( 2nd installment)
Choreography by Caleb Dowden in collaboration with Arouna Guindo 
Benin, West Africa

Portrait of a Free Woman of Color explores the distorted image of a woman suffering oppression at the hands of the patriarchy. Through an exploration into the identity of the African continent and the African diaspora,  this work analyzes the intersection of race and gender, with a focus on control, power structures, and value systems within marginalized communities. 

Dow-Dance Company latest work in progress, Portrait of A Free Women of Color. The piece explores how we all exist within a chaotic globe amongst varied identities. We question what connects us and who separates us.   How can the body truly be FREE? The first installment of this work premiered at  Binge Dance Festival on December 17, 2021. The piece is currently being explored in Benin, West Africa. 

Choreography by Caleb Dowden
Dancers: Celiene Seiber, Ceylon Seiber, Caleb Dowden, Regan Phelps 
Lighting by Diane Baas 


 

This work was developed for ICE Factory  Festival at the New Ohio Theatre 

Preliminary stages of As The Sun Sets at Purchase College

As The Sun Sets (2021)
Choreography by Caleb Dowden & Dancers
Dancers: Caleb Dowden, Ceylon Seiber, Celiene Seiber, Andy Guzman, Imani Gaudin-County, Jai Perez
Stage Manager: RJ Figueroa
Lighting Design: DJ Fralin

"What does radical Black love look like in a racist world? How do we find love when we have to fight to simply exist?  This dance/media work explores how Black people continue to find happiness and joy even in the predominantly white spaces of Sundown Towns, where our very presence makes us unsafe. A kinetic, visual representation of Black stories celebrating how radical Black love has and always will flourish, even in the midst of violence."