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DESCRIPTION:ADMISSION:\nAdmission is free. Reservations required. RSVP begi
 nning Monday\, December 9\, at 9 a.m.\n\nRSVP\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nFollowing u
 p on Josette Bushell-Mingo’s performance of Nina—A Story about Me and 
 Nina Simone\, USC students and the larger community are invited to partici
 pate in a conversation with Bushell-Mingo and USC professors Anita Dashiel
 l-Sparks (Dramatic Arts)\, d. Sabela grimes (Dance)\, and Edwin Hill (Fren
 ch and Italian and American Studies and Ethnicity) exploring the legacy of
  art\, politics\, and rage. The conversation will be moderated by educator
  and artist Unique Holland.\n\nBios:\n\nJosette Bushell-Mingo OBE is a Swe
 dish-based English theatre actress and director. She was nominated for an 
 Olivier Award in 2000 for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Rafiki
  in the London production of The Lion King. In 2001\, she founded a black-
 led arts festival called PUSH at the Young Vic and between 2005-2018 she w
 as the Artistic Director for The Swedish National Touring Theatre’s Tyst
  Teater——theatre in Swedish sign language. She is currently prefect fo
 r the institution for acting at Stockholm’s performing arts university a
 nd artistic director for The National Black Theatre of Sweden.\n\nAnita Da
 shiell-Sparks is an associate professor of theatre practice at the USC Sch
 ool of Dramatic Arts. She is a graduate of the prestigious New York Univer
 sity\, Tisch School of the Arts’ graduate acting program. As an actor ba
 sed in New York and Los Angeles\, she has graced the stage on Broadway\, a
 ppeared in numerous off-Broadway and regional theatre productions\, and ap
 peared on television. Dashiell-Sparks is the founder and director of Build
 ing Bridges: Communication\, Expression\, Empowerment Theatre Arts Program
 \, which teaches self-presentation and self-expression to at-risk youth.\n
 \nd. Sabela grimes is a choreographer\, writer\, composer. and educator wh
 ose interdisciplinary performance work and pedagogical approach reveal a v
 ested interest in the physical and meta-physical efficacies of Afro-Diaspo
 ric cultural practices. The assistant professor of practice at the USC Kau
 fman School of Dance has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “the
  Los Angeles dance world’s best-kept secret” and as “one of a mere h
 andful of artists who make up the vanguard of hip-hop fusion."\n\nEdwin Hi
 ll seeks to highlight the marginalized intellectual and cultural traffic b
 etween France and the Americas. He has published and/or presented on conte
 mporary Caribbean writers\, Sub-Saharan francophone literature\, African A
 merican popular music\, French chanson\, and francophone hip hop. The asso
 ciate professor of French and Italian and American Studies and Ethnicity's
  teaching interests\, while focusing on black vernacular culture and Franc
 e\, extend from the poetry of Negritude writers to postcolonial exploratio
 ns of contemporary francophone writers and musicians.\n\nRelated Events:\n
 Nina—A Story about Me and Nina Simone\nPerformed by Josette Bushell-Ming
 o\nWednesday\, January 15\, 2020\, at 7:30 p.m.\nBing Theatre\nFor more in
 fo\, click here.\n\nPerformance\, Politics\, and Power\nA Workshop with Jo
 sette Bushell-Mingo\nFriday\, January 17\, 2020\, at 10 a.m.\nPhysical Edu
 cation Building 207\nFor more info\, click here.\n\nPresented by USC Visio
 ns and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Brent Blai
 r (Dramatic Arts)\, Anita Dashiell-Sparks (Dramatic Arts)\, and Suzanne La
 cy (Art and Design) in collaboration with the National Touring Theatre of 
 Sweden\, the Embassy of Sweden\, and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundatio
 n. \n\nPhoto: Andrew Ness
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SUMMARY:From the Personal to the Political to the Stage 
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CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Music
CATEGORIES:Dance/Theater
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