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The Brutal <\/em>Joy unfurls Black line dancing and sartorial expression as intellectual discourse, reverie, and devotion to Black-living. Created by the acclaimed Vancouver-based choreographer Justine A. Chambers, the work is rooted in her childhood memories and is a collaboration with her Black matrilineal heritage. It centers dance and fashion as living counter-archives, and considers how movement and personal style are tools for self-determination and the reclamation of Black humanitarian value.<\/p>\n

A dazzling scored improvisation for dance, lighting, and sound, The Brutal Joy<\/em> draws from the Electric Slide and Black dandyism as embodied knowledge sources for self-actualization in the present through a dance of future possibilities.<\/p>\n

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