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Storyville: Bumpa by Kayla Naomi Watkins

Community & CultureCultural & Heritage FestivalsAfrican & Diaspora CultureCommunity & Culture / Cultural & Heritage Festivals
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Outdoor activityGeneral PublicBlack/African AmericanWorkshop/ClassPublic
When:
August 22, 2025 · 7:00 PM
Where:
Philadelphia, PA
Source:
Creative Philadelphia Arts Access Calendar

This documentary will explore the Afro-Caribbean dance, ‘whining’ alongside the practice of twerking to analyze respectability politics, pressures to accommodate whiteness, and gendered criticism of sexual expression within the Black diaspora. Using archival footage of West African dance, expert opinion from dancing and gender studies professors, and the active participation of partygoers in a dance experiment, I will paint the picture of the defiance, autonomy, and ancestral veneration intrinsi

Black/African AmericanAfrican & Diaspora CultureOutdoor activityGeneral PublicWorkshop/ClassPublic

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  • City coverage

    Lansdowne, PA

  • Primary source

    Creative Philadelphia Arts Access Calendar

  • Categories

    Community & Culture, Cultural & Heritage Festivals, African & Diaspora Culture

  • Signals

    Black/African American, African & Diaspora Culture, Outdoor activity, General Public