Brigette Dunn is a choreographer, artist, educator and the Artistic Director/Founder for B. Dunn Movement. Her work is informed by ritual, intuition and traditions rooted in African-diaspora cultures and embodied narratives of race, masked identity, systemic legacies of erasure, colonization and commodification of black and brown bodies. Brigette creates visceral and multi sensory performance experiences that challenge legacies of cultural biases and norms of hegemony. Her choreography has appeared at KCRep ("For Colored Girls…”), The Geffen Contemporary @MOCA, REDCAT, Aratani Theatre, Bootleg Theater, Multicultural Arts Center Cambridge, and Mobius. Brigette currently serves on the dance faculty at CalArts, where she also received her MFA in choreography.
“ECHO: Immersive Experience is a collection of modular vignettes that weave together the narrative of the kidnapping and enslavement of tens of millions of African bodies during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. During the residency, EIE will be developed into an immersive experience with live performance combined with AR/VR technologies. EIE unpacks legacies of cultural trauma and gives context to modern experiences of race and how the violence of history has echoed through time. It is a story of survival, told eloquently and with reverence by those whose ancestors survived the journey.”