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Revival Walks at Tacony Creek Park with Lela Aisha Jones
Olney Embrace Project



Saturday, October 31, 2020 9am-11:30am
Saturday, November 28, 2020 9am-11:30am
Saturday, November 28, 2020 3:30-6pm


Using our stories, creative play based in movement, and other art forms, take a reflective walk, facilitated by Dance Artist Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround, through the Tacony Creek Park/Watershed. Come closer to living in reciprocity and exchange with the natural environment by contemplating its role in our lives beyond it serving us.


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**Presented by the Olney Culture Lab, The Olney Embrace Project, and the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Inc.**

Temple University Department of Dance
Reflection/Response: Conversations and Creative Practice with Lela Aisha Jones


October 9, 8:30-10:00am

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**Presented by  Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance** 




​Swamp Dance Fest
​University of Florida Virtual Dance Residency

Directed by Trent D. Williams, Jr.
Guest Artists Lela Aisha Jones and Elijah Alhadji Gibson

July 31-August 2, 2020

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​**Presented by The University of Florida School of Theatre + Dance**



​Red Clay Dance Company Commission
we:all ~ gon’ die into revivals
Choreographed by Lela Aisha Jones


March 9, 2020
        
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** Presented by Red Clay Dance Company**





​Red Clay Dance Company Performance
we:all ~ gon’ die into revivals

Choreographed by Lela Aisha Jones
TBA

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** Presented by Red Clay Dance Company** 





​Collegium for African Diaspora Dance 2020 Conference
Fluid Black Dance Back

 
Duke University 
Durham, NC
February 21-23,2020

February 22, 2020  Integrity While Dancing the Black and African Diaspora: Lela Aisha Jones, nia love,Ojeya Cruz-Banks,Nzinga Metzger

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**Presented by the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance**




​Modupúe | Ibaye: The Philadelphia Yoruba Performance Project Media Archive Exhibition
Intercultural Journeys 

Project Artistic Co-Directors Lela Aisha Jones and Alex Shaw
Project Advisor Germaine Ingram 
 Media artists Laura Sofía Pérez, Aidan Un, and muthi reed

Icebox at Crane Arts
1400 N. American St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
December 12-14, 2019  

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​** Presented by Intercultural Journeys and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage** 





​nia love Lost At Sea
Choreography/Direction: nia love

Performers:  Lela Aisha Jones, Iquo B. Essien,  Jesse Phillips-Fein, nia love, Veleda Roehl
Music Composition/Live Performance: Antoine Roney, Nioka Workman

The Theater at Gibney
280 BROADWAY, ENTRANCE AT 53A CHAMBERS
New York City, NY 10007

November 7-9, 2019

8:00pm | More information 

**Presented by Gibney**




​Plight Release and the Diasporic Body: Jesus & Egun(Performance 1)
Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround 
In conjunction with Fahamu Pecou’s DO OR DIE: AFFECT, RITUAL, RESISTANCE


The African American Museum of Philadelphia
701 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

Sunday, August 18, 2019

2 - 3:30 p.m |More information 

**Presented by The African American Museum of Philadelphia**




...the bottom up...Catching Souls as a part of Grounds that Shout curated by Reggie Wilson | 2019 | STAGE & EXHIBITION


Church of the Advocate
1801 W Diamond St
Philadelphia, PA 19121

May 2, 2019| 7:30pm
May 3-4, 2019| 8:00pm

St. Peter's Episcopal Church
South 3rd St and Pine St
 Philadelphia, PA 19106

May 11, 2019| 12:30pm, 2:00pm, 3:30pm

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**Presented by Partners for Sacred Spaces | Philadelphia Contemporary | Pew Center for the Arts &Heritage**



​Kennedy Center Arts Summit
Excerpts form the Native Portal Series and Plight Release & the Diasporic Body

Lela Aisha Jones|FlyGround | Aidan Un (film) | Alex Shaw(sound artist and technical production)


 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street NW Washington, DC 20566
 April 29, 2019| 8:00am-8:00pm

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**Presented by The Kennedy Center and the Annenberg Foundation**






​The Nankama African Dance Conference 2019
Original Spaces Film Screening | Ojeya Cruz Banks | Lela Aisha Jones | Aidan Un (Film) | Alex Shaw(Videographer)

Howard University
Department of Dance
2400 Sixth Street NW
Washington, DC 20059

February 9-10, 2019| 5:30pm-7:30pm

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**Presented by Howard University Department of Dance and Djole Arts Association Inc.** 




​2018/2019 Bryn Mawr College Community Days of Learning
Performative & Participatory Experience by Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround

Bryn Mawr College
MchPherson Auditorium
101 North Merion Ave Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

March 29, 2019

7:30pm |More information

**Presented by Bryn Mawr College** 

**Presented by Bryn Mawr College**




​2018 Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Conference: Onramps to Equity in Action
Performative Social Action by Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround


Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landin
201 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19107

November 2, 2018

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**Presented by Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia**





​Discover Africa: Passport Series #4

September 26, 2018 | 5:30pm-7:30pm
Chester County Historical Society, West Chsester, PA

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**Exhibition generously sponsored by: PECO,  Dr. Mian Jan Scholarship Fund, West Chester Downtown Foundation
   Thornbury Township, Delaware County,  & Historical Commission**



​Collegium for African Diaspora Dance 2018 Conference

DANCE BLACK JOY: Global Affirmations and Defiance
    
Duke University
Durham, NC
February 16-18, 2018

February 16th |  Town Hall Coalition for Diasporan Scholars Moving (CDSM) Town Hall Coalition for Diasporan Scholars                  Moving (CDSM) Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, Adanna Kai Jones, Lela Aisha Jones & Saroya Corbett

February 18th  | Film  Original Spaces (Aotearoa/New Zealand): Black/African/Pacific Diasporic Nomadic (Dance Film&Participatory Dialogue 60 min) Ojeya Cruz Banks Lela Aisha Jones

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**Presented by the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance**




​CREATIVE DISRUPTION: A VISUAL PROTEST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE features

Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround and Dancing for Justice Philly | FlyGround in
Films by Les Rivera & Aidan Un 

Warehouse on Watts, Philadelphia, PA

November 4, 2017
7pm|  More information 

​**Presented by ArtUnited**




​Plight Release & the Diasporic Body 

Jesus & Egun | 2017 Bessie New York Dance & Performance Award Nomination
Everyday Saturday | 2017 Premiere

Philadelphia FringeArts Festival:

September 22 & 23, 2017 
7:30pm | More information 

**Presented by: Temple University Dance | 2017 Reflection/Response Commission** 



​Disaporic Movement Practice Workshop

Temple University, Pearson Hall 222
1800 North Broad Street

September 24, 2017

2:00-5:00pm | More information

**Presented by: Temple University Dance | 2017 Reflection/Response Commission** 





​Imagination & Integrity While Dancing Diaspora
ROUNDTABLE FORUM

Temple University, Pearson Hall 222
1800 North Broad Street
October 1, 2017

2:00-5:00pm| More information
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** Presented by: Temple University Dance | 2017 Reflection/Response Commission**


Native Portals
Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround 


International House Philadelphia
3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

April 23, 2016 | 8:00PM
April 24, 2016 | 7:00PM

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**Presented by Intercultural Journeys**



​Leslie Cuyjet + Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround
A Split-Bill Evening Curated by Cynthia Oliver

Plight Release & the Diapsoric Body: Jesus & Egun

Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
280 Broadway (53A Chambers St)
New York City, NY 10007

December 15-17, 2016
8:00pm | More information

**Presented by The Theatre Development Fund** 


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  • Home
    • Revivals of Blackness | 2021 | FILM & VIRTUAL CEREMONY
    • Modupúe | Ibaye: The Philadelphia Yoruba Performance Project | 2017-2019 | Curation
    • ...the bottom up...Catching Souls as a part of Grounds that Shout curated by Reggie Wilson | 2019 | STAGE & EXHIBITION
    • Plight Release and the Diasporic Body : Jesus & Egun | 2016
    • Plight Release and the Diasporic Body: Everyday Saturday | 2017
    • Native Portals: Lynching & Love | 2012
    • Native Portals: Release, Mourning Clearing | 2016
    • Native Portals: Continuum of Action (The Witness) | 2015
    • Original Spaces | 2017
    • Dancing for Justice Philadelphia | 2014-2015
  • About
    • Founder
    • FlyGround Folks
  • Events
  • Press
    • Presenter
  • Contact