Urban Bush Women
40th Anniversary: This is Risk

Urban Bush Women (UBW) burst onto the dance scene in 1984, with bold, demanding and exciting works that brought under-told stories to life through the art and vision of its award-winning Founder, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. The Company weaves contemporary dance, music, and text with the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora. Celebrating 40 years of shining light on untold and under-told stories, “This is Risk” takes the audience through intentional storytelling to the next space of our collective brilliance. This energetically charged evening features a new work by Co-Artistic Directors Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis, and iconic works by Founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.