Dear... Love, Sis
Original Collaborators
Conceived by
MK Abadoo and Judith Bauer
Creative Directors
MK Abadoo
Judith Bauer
Torian Ugworgi
Choreography
MK Abadoo
Judith Bauer
Ella Abadoo and Performers
Performers
Ella Abadoo
MK Abadoo
Judith Bauer
Olamina McGregor-Young Spivey
Paloma McGregor
“The Ruth Monologue” by Elizabeth Andrews Zitelli
Video Design and Editing
Torian Ugworgi
Vocalist and Sound Design
Be Steadwell
Dramaturgy
Khalid Yaya Long
Rehearsal Assistant
Keola Jones
Special Thanks
Toni Cade Bambara
Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Alexis Pauline Gumbs (and the Sistorians)
Adrienne Maree Brown
Dance Exchange
Virginia Commonwealth University Institute of Inclusion, Inquiry
Regina Bowden
Robin and Michael Jones
The shores of Ayay (St.Croix, USVI).
For more on Sistering
The Black Woman: an Anthology and The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara; “Sister is a Verb: Clarifications from Sistorians,”
and
“Sister is a Verb: Aishah Shahidah Simmons,” by Alelexis Pauline Gumbs, in Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, written and gathered by Adrienne Maree Brown
Dedication
This is for those who’ve shown us what sistering is,
Aarav Gandhi
Norah Bowden
Olamina Mcgregor-Young Spivey
Christine Wyatt
Michelle Bowden
Renuka Gandhi
Khalid Long
Kayla Hamilton
Bimbola Akinbola
Samantha Speis
Alexis Owusu
Tricia Homer
Griselda Solomon-Rodriguez
Paloma McGregor
Gesel Mason
Regina Bowden
Meredith Higgins
In memory of
Benita Bobo and Phyllis Madachy,
resting eternally in sweet peace and ancestral power.