Tommie-Waheed Evans

Two bodies are centered in the image, their brown skin a vibrant complement to the red skin tight garments they wear. One dancer balances on her coccyx bone and hands while supporting a tall figure lushly leaning against the seated dancer's two feet.
Photo: Mark Garvin

Temperature Check

Noel Price-Bracey

Tommie-Waheed Evans’s World Premier of in case of fire, speak

Photo: Donna Faye Burchfield

Talking About Blackness, Ballet, and a Hard Won Empowerment

Shayla-Vie Jenkins

Blackness complicates; it can never be separated from the person or their work.

Photo: German Vasquez

Waheed Works’ “softly, as I leave you” Hits Hard

Lauren Putty White

He is hugging air yet gasping for breath with his entire body. Arms are open, inviting us into his soul.