Dallas Black Dance Theatre debuted a new piece 'Swipe Left,' a fun and timely piece on the challenges of modern dating. The audience was drawn to the work...
“I wasn’t out there trying to make political statements,” Smith said. “But when I watch it back, you can see there’s lots of little messages throughout and very bold statements and a lot of revealing of different sides of people and culture that we often suppress and hide.”
It even talks about the financial inaccessibility of culture that makes us feel seen: “I hadn’t been this depressed since Beyoncé told me to quit my job and then turned around and charged $5,000 dollars for tickets to heralso didn’t shy away from uncomfortable situations Black women experience. Take the scene where dancer Daniel Palladino plays the love interest Smith describes as the “token white man.
When navigating complicated issues about identity and belonging, Smith said his primary goal was to make sure all of the dancers involved in the piece were comfortable – especially Melidor who played the lead role and voiced the narration. “Every time he did that scene, he got a little crazier with it. He was in charge of the joke,” Smith said. “That was important to me that we had that autonomy and in a way that control over it beyond what the audience might think.Melidor said the role challenged her to step out of her comfort zone. One aspect of that was the fact that she had to wear just a Black bra and underwear for much of the performance.
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