The above is the original trailer for Bare Soles Bare Soul (BSBS), a 4-part series of intimate portraits which highlight the impact of African Dance on Black women in Oakland, CA. The women in the series reveal that their dance practice allows them to improve upon of a primary struggle: self-preservation. And therein lies the gem of BSBS. With dignity and vulnerability, these women maintain that they’ve practiced African dance for more than fifteen years each, in order to maintain their sense of balance, dignity and purpose beyond studio – in their homes, workplace, community and beyond.

After screening to live audiences of over 1000 people combined, we bring YOU Bare Soles Bare Souls online, to watch from the comfort of... wherever you may be! Don't wait. Watch now to be entertained, uplifted and inspired <3

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PAST SCREENINGS
International Association of Blacks in Dance at UArts, Conelly Auditorium, Philadelphia (January, 2020) || Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco (May, 2018) || PREMIERE! Grand Lake Theater, Oakland (March, 2018) || The Black Choreographers Festival at The Malonga Center (Work in Progress), Oakland (August, 2017) || FistUp Film Festival, iSEEED (Work in Progress), Oakland (May, 2017) || ImpactHUB (Work in Progress), Oakland (October, 2016) || Diamano Coura's Collage Dance Conference, The Malonga Center (Work in Progress), Oakland (March, 2016)

Images by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, taken at the SOLD OUT Premiere of
BARE SOLES BARE SOUL at Oakland's Historic Grand Lake Theater