I am thrilled to announce that the latest Bianca Johnson & Dancers piece, “The Mill,” created through the Virtual Dance Exchange Project in collaboration with Shana Simmons Dance, was accepted into Texas A&M’s Institute for Applied Creativity’s inaugural 360 Film Festival Field of View. It will run from December 2-7, 2024, in the Igloo Studio! […]
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Enjoy an excerpt “from pieces to abstract” here… Choreographer: Bianca Johnson in collaboration with dancers—Luna Beller-Tadiar, Daria Evans, Jingxi Li, Kaitlin McCann, Ngozi Mokwunye, Yusen Qin, Andi Salazar Lighting Designer: Cheyenne SykesVideography and Photography: Rebecca Marcela OviattMusic: “Hawaii Oslo – Live from Studio S2”, written and performed by Hania Rani @nyudanceed presents the 2024 Masters’ […]
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Bianca Johnson & Dancers (BJ&D) in collaboration with the VDEP Team – Shana Simmons Dance (SSD), Chrisala Brown, and XRconnectED (Karen Alexander) – filmed new work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at MILL 19 – Hazelwood Green in 360-degree video format with filmmaker Jaehee Cho. This virtual performance will premiere online on OCTOBER 1st, 2021 along with a series […]
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Shana Simmons Dance (SSD) in collaboration with Chrisala Brown, XRconnectED (Karen Alexander) and Bianca Johnson & Dancers (BJ&D), is proud to announce a $100,000 award from the Arts | Equity | Reimagined Fund for The Virtual Dance Exchange Project (VDEP), a collective designed to explore race and age diversity in dance, the impact of COVID-19 […]
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Bianca Johnson + Dancers spent the summer of 2015 in the studio rehearsing for The Sound of His Living…
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Drawing from a fusion of gospel, folk, jazz, blues and classical music, singer and songwriter Nina Simone wove together diverse musical styles to create her rebellious artistic voice…
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In the Summer of 2012, I stumbled across the work of photographer Francesca Woodman…
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