Urban Bush Women

Sat., Feb. 13, 8 p.m., $18, Goodhart Hall, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-526-5210, brynmawr.edu.

by Sam Kaplan

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Published: Feb 9, 2010

For 25 years, the all-female Brooklyn-based troupe Urban Bush Women has used dance to explore African-American history and culture. For the inaugural main-stage performance in Bryn Mawr College's newly renovated Goodhart Hall this weekend, the company is joined by Senegalese dance legend Germaine Acogny; together they'll present portions of Les Ecailles de la Memoire (The Scales of Memory), which merges African and American history through movement. Also on the program: Walking with Pearl ... African Diaries chronicles a turning point in African-American dance history. In 1948, Pearl Primus became the first American choreographer to visit Africa; upon her return, she took the lessons she'd learned and pioneered a new wave of dance in the United States.

Hooked Into Machine
The Mentalist
Brave New World
No Exit
Anywhere Else
It Ain't Over
Kaleidoscope
Tell and Show