FROM THE TEAM: Reflections on the #purposeFULL Training Journey
We're nearly one month away from our #bawse skills workshop! What better way to let folks know what to expect than to have our team share the journey.| PURPOSE Productions
"your girl is going through it. I can't say if it's all these planetary transitions, the continued attack of white cishetero patriarchy, my brain and body deciding to be full of static, or all of the above. But I am here and that continues to be a miracle. I was looking through some old [...] The post Purpose does not have to be a grand thing . . . appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
Nine years ago today, I sent an email naming and claiming PURPOSE Productions. Even then, I knew PURPOSE wasn't mine. I never had any desire to be entrepreneur or CEO or boss, and I had come understand the necessity of my work in the world. My community of NYC artists taught me that [...] The post PURPOSE is taking a journey to transform ourselves appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
Nana Chinara is a gleaming glitterbeam, movement art conjurer, and PURPOSE-full Organizer. This excerpted letter embodies Nana's brilliance and power supported and affirmed by the values and collective support of PURPOSE Productions. Support Nana's ongoing organizing through their own Chinara Rituals, the collaborative work of Get Dis War Dance, or simply pay them directly [...] The post A #LiberatedLifestyle Statement: Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy appeared f...| PURPOSE Productions
How are you? This is a question I've asked and been asked more frequently in the last three months than I have experienced in my lifetime. I have felt profoundly loved and deeply overwhelmed. The next question a few will ask is, “How is PURPOSE Productions?” This is a question I can answer easily. [...] The post How is PURPOSE Productions doing? appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
I will never forget the first day I met Alexis Pauline Gumbs. I had heard tales far and wide of her genius, her sweetness, her glorious spirit. On a rainy Durham afternoon in July, dressed in all white and seemingly prepared for all things, Alexis mothered me. She ain’t know me from a can [...] The post From Manifestation to Mothering: A New Mission appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
from Dance Black Joy: Global Affirmations and Defiance In February, I had the pleasure of attending the third convening organized by the Collegium for African and Diaspora Dance. As my dear sista-friend Candace Thompson observed, these bi-annual conferences are such a powerful moment to check in with ourselves, our people, and the many communities [...] The post Black Joy . . . FOUND appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
I often remember, in moments when I saw Michelle Obama on television, wondering: how much is she not saying? what silences lie behind those eyes? Look into those grey eyes, they are telling you that this image is not quite what it seems. They are telling you that grace does not disappear [...] The post Reflections on a Portrait of America appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
I had a great time interviewing with Dance Magazine's Ryan P. Casey about PURPOSE's thriving practices, and offering tips for negotiating and naming your needs. Here's a glimpse... "Dancers and choreographers must be strong, clear communicators when it comes to negotiating contracts and agreements. That's part of the philosophy espoused by A. Nia Austin-Edwards, [...] The post Check us out in November’s Dance Magazine appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
We are creating cultural innovators and sustaining cultural legacies... no, actually we are cultivating the cultural innovators that will sustain our cultural legacies. A little while ago, our Leader Sydnie Mosley shared a tweet (with a live drawing by Flash Rosenberg) that resonated in my soul. It suggested that most folk would rather be safe [...] The post Would you rather be safe or FREE? appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
We're nearly one month away from our #bawse skills workshop! What better way to let folks know what to expect than to have our team share the journey.| PURPOSE Productions
It is with great excitement that we share that PURPOSE Productions closed our metaphorical doors at the end of 2023. After ten years of impactful service, our team chose to invest fully in the PURPOSE practice of being Liberators - taking the values and skills that have been developed and applying them to| PURPOSE Productions
PURPOSE Productions' PURPOSE-full Leaders are Founder, Arts & Projects Manager A. Nia Austin-Edwards & Associate Director Timothy Prolific Jones.| PURPOSE Productions
