Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project

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academia: and influence of tAP, 332–337, 358–359; and production and performance, 328–329, 332–337; and scholarship, 353, 356– 357, 361; women’s experiences in, 339–340 activism: uses of breath in, 9, 370n12; jazz as, 350–351; performance and, 7, 370n8; spiritual, 339–343; tools for, 9 Agreements for Safety, 8, 21–24 Alexander, M. Jacqui, 10, 371n16 allgo, 15, 362 allies: white women as, viii, 7, 8–9, 16, 330–331, cultivation of, 8–9 Anchor Artist, 4, 8, 15, 16, 350–352. See also Bridgforth, Sharon Anderson, Piper, 14 Animating Democracy Initiative (ADI), 5, 369n2 Anzaldua, Gloria E., 338–342, 372n5 Arte Sana, 353 Austin Project Performance Company (tAPPCo), 366 Baker, Adrienne, 353 Baley, Shannon, 353, 354 —work of: six days of christmas, 29–32 Bashir, Samiya, 369n4 Bhansali, Rajasvini, 357, 369n4 —works of: From Kathak to Kenya: Creating Political Family in Jazz Aesthetic, 325–328; story of flat feet, The, 32–36 Boone, Vicky, 14 Bowers, Detine L., 353 —work of: Bearing Witness, 36–37 Bradford, K., 14 breath, 16, 22; uses of, 6, 9, 155–156, 356; combat, 9, 370n12 Bridgforth, Sharon, 362, 364, 372n3 (chap. 9); and Agreements for Safety, 8, 21–24; as an Anchor Artist, 4, 8–9, 350–352; and blood memory, 13; and Finding Voice Method, vii, ix, 7, 12–25, 242, 334, 358, 364, 366; and pedagogy, 242, 243, 247, 324, 327, 328, 331, 354–355, 357, 358, 360, 361, 363 —works of: blood pudding, 323; bull-jean stories, 12, 330, 359; con flama, 359; delta dandi, 12; love conjure/blues, 12 Brooks, Joanna, 9, 370n14 Bryant, Florinda, 14, 37, 331, 333, 353, 357, 363; participation of, in tAP, 365, 366 —works of: Half-Breed Southern Fried Check One (excerpt), 38–43; How do you break down the science of the cipher?, 323–325 Carlos, Laurie, viii, 12, 14, 155–156, 335; participation of, in tAP, vii, 353, 355, 356, 357, 363, 364–365; and pedagogy, 359–360, 361–362 —works of: If the Butter Burns, It Ain’t Biscuits, 356; Marion’s Terrible Time of Joy, 156–168, 360; Syrup (reflections on tAP), 155–156 Challenge to Care in Schools: An Alternative Approach to Education, The (Noddings), 370n11 circle, the, 9, 354, 356, 366–367; and critique of “feminist circles,” 370n11; dynamics of, 354, 356; Finding Voice, 15, 17, 19–24 Clayton, Daniel Davis, 259, 357, 359; biography of, 268 —work of: History of Jazz, The, 269–272 Cohen-Cruz, Jan, 370n9 Combahee River Collective Statement, 7, 369n6 community: creating, 3, 11, 19, 21–23, 256, 326, 335, 346–349; ensemble as, 323–324, 367; ethos of, 7, 326, 327, 331; frameworks for, 7, 254, 256; missteps and lessons in, 245–249 con flama (Bridgforth), 359 Coon, Anastasia, viii Cortez, Monique, 357, 358 —works of: Dancing with Memories, 43–49 Cowlagi, Geeta, 49, 357, 360 —work of: Betrayal, 50–51 Dannenbaum, Eric, 353, 356 Danse Adje, 353, 356 Davis, Helga, 365 delta dandi (Bridgforth), 12 INDEX 374 D’Lo, 51, 357, 363 —work of: For the Young Warriors, 52–54 Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle (McKittrick), 369n7 Dolan, Jill, 351; and utopian theatre 7, 370n8 —work of: Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theatre, 370n8 Dulani, 363 —work of: Kindred Strength, 54–59 Durette, Elisa, 14 Ebie, Ane, 354 Epiphanies Lost and Found (Moore), 328–337 Esperanza Peace and Justice Center of San Antonio, The, 5 Eyes of Fallen Genius (Miller), 263–267 facilitators, 8, 16–25, 242–243, 249, 360, 363, 370n9 Fanon, Frantz, 9, 370n12 Feldenkrais, Moshe, 372n2 (chap. 7) Feldman, Amber, 357 —work of: Second Hand, The, 59–65 feminism: black, viii, 369–370; feminist circles, 370; feminist texts, 9–11, 338–339, 370–371nn14–16, 372n1 (chap. 6), 372n1 (chap. 7), 372nn3–5 (chap. 7); and pedagogy, 8–9, 341, 334, 370n11; and women of color, 9–10, 337–342 Feminisms and Critical Pedagogy (Orner), 370n11 Feminist Epistemologies, Spiritual Activism, and Healing: Women of Color and Performance of Stories of Survival and Pain (González-López), 337–342 51st (dream) state (Sundiata), 365, 370n10 Finding Voice Method. See Bridgforth, Sharon Firesong, 14 Flores, Bianca, 65, 360, 363 —works of: Guelito Chulo, 67–70; Me, 66–67 For My Aunt (Johnson), 267–268 From Kathak to Kenya: Creating Political Family in Jazz Aesthetic (Bhansali), 325–328 frontera@hyde park theatre, 15, 169; and Boone, Vicky, 14 Garcia, Theresa Burke, 354, 357 —work of: My work is not...