Ogemdi Ude: MAJOR
Ogemdi Ude is a Brooklyn-based dance, theater, and interdisciplinary artist creating performances that focus on Black femme legacies and futures, grief, and memory. In her Pillow debut, she will present MAJOR, a dance theater project that explores the physicality, history, and politics of majorette dance.
Majorette dance originated in the 1960s in the American South, where Black femme teams at Historically Black Colleges and Universities created a sensual yet strong movement style, accompanied by marching bands. In MAJOR, six performers embrace this dance form as a fundamental relic of Black girlhood, and an intimate journey of returning to bodies they thought lost. A fierce investigation of physical memory, sexuality, sensuality, and community, MAJOR features a music score that integrates Southern rap, horns, drumlines, and melodic R&B and soul by Lambkin. It is a nuanced musical love letter to the folks who taught the team how to be proudly Black and proudly femme.
Show Information
Expected run time
~50 minutes with no intermission
Member Pre-Sale
Members enjoy access to tickets as early as March 9, with tickets available to the public in April.
Additional information
Choose-what-you-pay tickets, Rain or Shine tickets, Pillow debut, live music
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Post-Show Talk
Immediately following the performance
Participate in a free question & answer session with the artists just after they step off stage. Ticket-holders are invited to stay immediately after the show in order to enjoy the Post-Show Talk.
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Jacob's Pillow is located in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts in the town of Becket. The 225-acre National Historic Landmark is within easy driving distance of Boston, New York, Albany, Burlington, and Hartford.
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