Zora, Zar, Ohad, and Nubia: Research Memos for Reggie Wilson’s Moses(es)

Extensive research memos written for choreographer Reggie Wilson informed the making of Moses(es). The excerpts here encompass such topics as writer and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, Wilson’s relationship with his early mentor Ohad Naharin, anthropological literature on the possession ritual Zar, and Nubia as a crossroads in Africa.