Online Watch Party: Spectrum Dance Theater's SHOT (June 2020)

On 12th June, CUDS hosted our first online event - a showing of Spectrum Dance Theater's SHOT, choreographed by Donald Byrd. This piece is an extremely relevant and thought-provoking reflection on police brutality towards black people in the USA, using clips and speeches as well as movement to present the issue to audiences. As well as watching the show together, we also discussed it on our Facebook page, thinking about how Byrd used different performance elements to convey meaning. This was a really wonderful opportunity for our dancers to learn about the Black Lives Matter movement in the context of dance and performance, and a fantastic way for us to reflect on our own engagement with these issues.