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 Theory final group project for Experiments in Critical Theory taught by Rosemary Candelario at Texas Women’s University
Read about the creative process for Her Body of Critical Theory in Dance Enthusiast
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
Andrea E. Woods Valdés interviewed by Pawlet Brookes responding to Nora Chipaumire's Black Manifesto, Aftermaths, Interview Transcription, interview podcast
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.
The Dance Enthusiast, Andrea E. Woods Valdés and her "Body of Critical Theory"
Discussed the process of transforming scholarly literature into dance and media.
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
Purchase Camouflage: Embodied Dance. Writings by Woods Valdés and others
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