Building the Altar: The Creation of PURPLE by SLMD

06/16/23 • 61 min

We learn about the history of how Sydnie L. Mosley Dances became a collective, the values that guide the work and how those values show up inside their newest work, PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells. [Correction: SLMD was founded in 2010. In the episode, the host says 2014]

This episode features interviews with: Artistic Director Sydnie L. Mosley; SLMDances Creative Partners Jessica Lee, Brittany Grier, Joan Bradford, Candance Sumpter, Rebecca Gual and Lorena Jaramillo; Collaborating Artists: Brianne Ford, Jazelynn S. Goudy, Dyane Harvey, Counterfeit Madison (Sharon Udoh), Rosamond S. King, Amy Shoshana Blumberg and Ianne Fields Stewart.

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Hosting, editing, and production by Kirya Traber
Executive Production by SLMDances

Assistant Production by Ziiomi Law

Production support by Max Van & Lance John

Music produced and composed by Line Neesgaurd, Spring Gang, Ebonie Smith and Counterfeit Madison

Special thanks to Emma Alabaster

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Hosting, editing, and production by Kirya Traber
Executive Production by SLMDances

Assistant Production by Ziiomi Law

Production support by Max Van & Lance John

Music produced and composed by Line Neesgaurd, Spring Gang, Ebonie Smith and Counterfeit Madison

Special thanks to Emma Alabaster

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Spotlight in PURPLE - Season 2 Trailer

Spotlight in PURPLE, season 2 will be a three episode series following the unique creative process of the world premiere of the creation of PURPLE: A Ritual In Nine Spells - an ensemble performance premiering at Lincoln Center in June 2023.

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Season 2 of Spotlight in PURPLE has been created, hosted, produced and edited by Kirya Traber. Producing assistance by Ziiomi Law.

Music featured was produced by Counterfeit Madison

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A Place for PURPLE: Revisiting the Community of San Juan Hill

We continue the journey and hear about the place where PURPLE: A Ritual In Nine Spells was developed: the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, which is also the neighborhood formerly known as San Juan Hill, and the community engagement process with the Lincoln Square Neighborhood center.

This episode features interviews with: Artistic Director Sydnie L. Mosley; SLMDances Creative Partners Brittany Grier and Candance Sumpter; and Community partners Jacqueline Wright and Marie Stephen. Additionally featuring excerpts from interview footage recorded in 1985 by New York City’s municipal broadcast television station, WNYC-TV, for Neighborhood Voices, a limited series on changing city neighborhoods, archived by the NYC Department of Records & Information Services.

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