Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet returns to Triad with ‘Revivalution’
>> AFTER FOUR YEARS, THE ROYAL EXPRESSIONS BALLET IS BACK IN THE TRIAD. CHRISTINA: THEY ARE BACK WITH ATH REVIVALUONTI WHICH IS PERFORMANCES FOR THE COMMUNITY. ♪ CHRISTINA: A BEAUTIFUL PE.EK SNEAK WE ARE JOINED THIS MORNING BY PRINCESS JOHNSON. SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL EXPRESSIONS. THANKS TO BE HERE. >> HAPPY TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. CHRISTA: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE NAME. HOW DID YOU COME WITH REVIVALUTION? >> I’M ACTUALLY AT THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AND THEY HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. THIS IS A HIGHLIGHT OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN HAVING, NOT IN THE FOUR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN IN HIATUS BUT OUR IR13 YEAR HISTORY. IT IS OUR REFUELING TO RETURN AFTER FOUR YEARS. WE ORIGINALLY WENT HIGH AT HOME – ON ADA” TO RAISE FUNDS SO WE CAN PAY OUR DANCE ARTIS. STEP IN 2020. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WE RACED STRAIGHT INTO THE PANDEMIC SO WE HAD TO EXTEND THAT FOR TWO YEARS SO HERE – SO HERE WE ARE FINALLY READY TO REVIVE. WE HAVE EVOLVED A LOT IN OUR 13-YEAR HISTORY. THIS IS A REVOLUTION BECAUSE WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHO WE ARE AS A BLACK ARTS INSTITUTION BUT ALSO TO INTRODUCE OTHER BLACK ARTISTS TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. >> THAT’S AWESOME SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE $18,000. CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE ABOUT? >> TS HIEK, WE HAVE DONE A SERIES OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND DANCE CLASSES THAT LINK DIRECTLY TO THE PERFORMANCES WILL BE DONE NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE 13 YEARS OF HISTORY IN CREATING NEW DANCES ALL OF WHICH HAVE SOME KIND OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE ONE ON EVOLVING AND INSPIRING WOMEN. WE’RE DOING A SHOW CALLED MISCONCEPTION. THIS IS A SHOTOW TO EDUCATE AND ESTABLISH CURE FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH INFERTILITY AND MISSOR DELIVERY. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED I CREATED A DREAM TRILOGY WHICH IS THREE DIFFERENT COMPLETE EVENING PRODUCTIONS. THEY WILL A LOOK AT THE PROSPECTS OF REALIZING YOUR DREAMS. ALWAYS BEING ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR US. >> WE SHOW PART OF THE VIDEO AND IT’S LIKE A BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION OF SELF-LOVE AND EMOTION BNGEI PRESENTED ON STAGE. >> IT’S SO EXCITING, SO HAS CHANGED. I WAS 25 WHEN I STARTED THIS DANCE COMPANY. I DIDN’T KNOW THE KINDS OF CHALLENGES WE WOULD FACE TO STAND UP AND BE A BLACK WOMAN AND A BLACK INSTITUTION AND HAVE DONE IT SO FAR, I INK PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE ME AND TRAINED ME AND MY DANCE TEAERCH AND OTHER DANCE COMPANIES. I DO THIS FOR THOSE GWHUYO WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE ME WHO WANT TO SEE SOMETHING OF THE ISTHIK HAPPENS. I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS TORCH. >>THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING THING YOU HAVE GOING ON, SO THANK YOU FOR JOIN US. THE REVIVALUTION RUNS THROUGH APRIL 23. >> YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN.
Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet returns to Triad with ‘Revivalution’
Updated: 1:56 PM EDT April 13, 2022
