Video Vixen, formerly known as Video Ho
MOVEMENT RESEARCH AT THE JUDSON CHURCH
APRIL 2019
DANSPACE PROJECT
OCTOBER 2019
A Black Femme drapes her body over stairs.
Two Black Femmes rest on the floor on stage. They are wearing grey and black.
A Black Femme kneels on the floor.
Two Black Femmes dance with their arms raised and hips swayed.
Two Black Femmes dance lifting their chests and looking up.
A Black femme speaks into a microphone. A tall, braided object stands in front of her.
A Black Femme kneels with her knees wide and hair down.
Two Black Femmes move on the floor with their faces down.
A Black Femme speaks into a microphone.
A duet with collaborator Selah V. Hampton, Video Vixen, formerly known as Video Ho harkens back to the era of the video vixen - the female models and dancers prominently featured in hip-hop videos of the early 2000s.
In it, we enter nostalgic bodies to investigate our mucky relationships to viewership, pleasure, and memory.
Top slideshow and film: Danspace Project for the Draftwork series in October 2019. Photos and film by Chidozie Ekwensi.
Bottom slideshow: Work in progress showing at Movement Research at the Judson Church in April 2019. Photos by Ian Douglas.