SOULOWORKS/Andrea E. Woods & DANCERS
MEDIA LINKS
Performance/Dance For The Camera//Interviews/Articles
PERFORMANCE VIDEOS
See a 7-minute trailer Grace May B. Brown
18 Minute Excerpt of The Amazing Adventures of Grace May B. Brown
Original Premiere, Joyce Theater Altogether Different series, NYC
featuring Philip Hamilton/Vocalscapes
NC Museum of History slideshow
At The Soul Level/ SOULOWORKS Black History Month Program
Kumble Theater, Brooklyn, NY 2009
Dancers: Naoko Morita, Rohiatu SIby,
Candace Thompson, Kendra Ross and Andrea E. Woods
I Got Wings/SOULOWORKS
Mirada Ritmica/Rhythmic Gaze 2011
Premiered in the Ark Studio Duke University.
Dancers: Danika Manso-Brown, Christianna Barnett Murphy,
Kristin Taylor, and Andrea E. Woods. Live Music: Shana Tucker and Josh Stohl
Original Poetry by: Joan Francisco Valdés Santos
Video Production: Andrea E. Woods, filmed in Cuba
Duke University Dance Program November Dances Concert 2015
Duke Modern Repertory Class Fall 2015
2011Premiere, 12:35, Duke University Students
Music: Randy Weston
Dancers: Alanna Ahlers, Nnenna Bodden, Ellen Brown, Claire Fefer,
Katie Gaddis, Danika Manso-Brown, Jennifer Margono and Aubrey Rho
"No one can make the soul dance unless the soul itself is inclined to dance."
-Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Music of Life
* This Dance takes its title from the very first lines of the Lotus Sutra.
DANCE FOR THE CAMERA WORKS
written and performed by hattie gossett
w/Souloworks dancers Jessica Burroughs, Chanell Croxton, and Aya Shabu
Directed and edited by Andrea E. Woods Valdés
Music by Andrea E. Woods Valdés
Her Body of Critical Theory- 2-minute videodance created as a contribution to the Tiny Choreographies as/in/of Critical Theoryfinal group project for Experiments in Critical Theory taught by Rosemary Candelario at Texas Women’s University
Blue In Tunisia/Dance In A Window 2002
Video Production Andrea E. Woods, Music by Randy Weston
Up in Here by Kristin Bedford Feb. 2013 (Originally presented with live music)
Dance/Choreography – Andrea E. Woods Valdés
Madrugada/Breaking Day -1 minute videodance
music/video production/performance by WoodsValdés
New dance for the camera installation work from Andrea E. Woods Valdés.
Dancer - Claire Fefer, Women's voices courtesy of Duke University Dance Program
INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES
The Scholars & Feminist Online 2023
Special Issue Edited by Gabri Crista and Sheril Antonio
"The Beautiful Process: Dancing the Test of Time with Mommy's Toes and Daddy's Feet" By Dr. Andrea E. Woods Valdés
wimmin@work 2017 Article -"Poise and Passion Black Women in Performance"
Interview by Tia Hannah - Tia Time with Artists Podcast (scroll down) Woods Valdés discusses being inspired by her family, her roots in dance, and her work as a Black artist.
Andrea E. Woods Valdés interview w/ Shayla-Vie Jenkins at Duke
Duke Today video interview Shayla-Vie Jenkins re-staging "Power/Full" by Bill T. Jones
https://today.duke.edu/2016/10/body-body-duke-students-learn-dance-legend
Duke University Chronicle interview Andrea E. Woods Valdés brings guests to re-stage "Power/Full" by Bill. Jones - http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2016/09/shayla-vie-jenkins
Attitude The Dancer's Magazine
Woods has written several articles:
• Pushing Back: Bill T. Jones and Anne Bogart Combine Forces To Reimagine
The Rite Of Spring Vol.25, p. 77
• Nanigi On The Horizon: Garifuna Settlement Day in Dangriga, Beliz
• Sacred Survival: Orisha Dance And The Ring Shout, Performative Symbols Of African Retentions In The New World Vol. 25 #1, Spring 2012, p.11
• Saturday At The Rumba: A Photo-Poem Vol. 24 No.4 Winter 2011
• The Presence Of The Past: Reveling The Eloquence Of Dancer Matt Turney
• A Step Is A Statement: Katherine Dunham And The Power Of Culture To Transform The Heart
Photo:Steve Schreiber