moving forward…looking ack

with the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU Tisch, Spring 2022

Directed by Pat Hall and Jonathan Hart Makwaia Music Composition by Jonathan Hart Makwaia Choreography by Pat Hall Music Consultant by Pam Patrick Dramaturgy by Rosemary Quinn Lighting Design by Corey Whittemore Costume Design by Gaya Chatterjee Production Stage Manager Lara García Landa

moving forward…looking back was a dance based piece inspired by the symbol of the Sankofa from the Akan tribe of Ghana: a mythic bird that flies forward while looking backward with an egg (symbolizing the future) in its mouth. Sankofa reminds us that we must go back to nature, to our roots, to our ancestors, in order to move forward.