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CATEGORIES:Dance (Performance)
DESCRIPTION:Cornell Performing and Media Arts (PMA) Guest Artist in Dance A
 yo Jackson will give the performance\, "White is the New Black\," on Friday
 \, November 22\, 2019\, at 4:30pm in the Class of '56 Dance Theatre\, Schwa
 rtz Center for the Performing Arts. This event is free and open to the publ
 ic. \n\nAyo Janeen Jackson received her MFA in Performance Art at School of
  the Art Institute of Chicago (2018). She received her BFA at North Carolin
 a School of the Arts and is a former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
  Dance Company\, Ballet Preljocaj\, and the original cast of Spider-Man on 
 Broadway.\n\nJackson received a Princess Grace Award in dance (2004). She d
 anced for the French pop star Mylene Farmer for her tour and worked with Ju
 lie Taymor on the film Across the Universe and Grendel\, an opera. She serv
 ed as the associate choreographer for the workshop of Superfly\, a musical 
 and the Presidential Scholars Program at the Kennedy Center both directed b
 y Bill T. Jones. She appeared in the film Black Nativity\; the opera\, Anna
  Nicole\; and episodes of Boardwalk Empire\, The Knick and HBO’s Vinyl. She
  recently choreographed An Octoroon in Philadelphia. Her visual artwork has
  been on display at La Maison d’Art and the Harlem Arts Festival (2016).\n\
 nThis fall Jackson launched the first leg of her performance art piece Walk
 ing with Freedom\, The Heritage of the Black Imagination\, where she retrac
 es the pathway of Harriet Tubman. Jackson is an artist in residence at Else
 where in Greensboro\, NC.\n\nJackson is a guest artist in dance at Cornell 
 PMA from November 18-21\, 2019.\n\nThis guest artist in dance program made 
 possible through the generous gift of Cheryl Whaley and Eric Aboaf.
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LOCATION:Schwartz Center for Performing Arts\, Class of '56 Dance Theatre
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SUMMARY:Guest Artist in Dance Ayo Jackson: "White is the New Black" perform
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