Footwork! Following New Orleans Second Line Parades

Dance Event

Friday, November 1, 2019, 6:30 – 9pm PDT
Marilyn McArthur Holland Theater, Lisser Hall

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Footwork! Following New Orleans Second Line Parades

Presented by The Thea Project and Mills Dance and Theater Studies Department


 

Experience the New Orleans second line tradition in your seat and on your feet with Latanya d. Tigner and Dimensions Dance Theater (Oakland, CA). 


Learn footwork skills, and listen to dancer and scholar Rachel Carrico (Gainesville, FL) on the history and significance of second lining, followed by a conversation with Tigner and DDT dancers on their second line inspired choreography. 

This free event will begin at 6:30 PM at the entrance of Mills College with a second-line parade led by MJ’s Brass Boppers band. The parade will travel down Richard’s Rd to the Holland Theater in Lisser Hall for the performance-demonstration and lecture. 

No previous dance experience is required to participate.