Genesis was doubly significant–a dance work and a launching point. This project served as the beginning of Kia the Key & Company. After choreographing and directing 50+ dance works for various organizations and educational institutions, Shakia Barron launched her project-based dance company with the performance of Genesis. Genesis premiered September 2022, platforming Barron’s artistic values of collaboration and community as a means to generate possibilities for embodied connection, between performers and audience members, investing in the generation of kinesthetic empathy.
Collaborators: Soukeyna Abbott, Miranda Lawson, Sarah Maurer, Amisi Nazaire-Hicks (not pictured), Nate Odell, Laura Osterhaus Rosenstone, Angelica Polk, Allana Scudder, Jesmyda Viyano
Summer Festival and Intensive at The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought (SCDT): August 1st-August 5th, 2022
About: During this summer intensive, Shakia Barron was joined by her collaborators on her newest work, Genesis, for her project-based dance company Shakia The Key. This intensive offered an exciting opportunity to train with this collection of artists in one place, as Shakia and collaborators taught various street dance styles from their unique approach and background.
Showing at SCDT: August 6th, 2022
