MFA Film Screening: The Top Deck

Dancers facing chairs in a theatre
February 20, 2025
7:00PM - 7:30PM
The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350

Date Range
2025-02-20 19:00:00 2025-02-20 19:30:00 MFA Film Screening: The Top Deck MFA Student Kierra Williams premieres her dance film The Top Deck, which is a reimagination of a performance aboard the ships of the Middle Passage, where enslaved individuals were forced to dance for the gaze of Europeans. Through a disturbing chant, “It’s a Friday,” rooted in her childhood, The Top Deck transforms a narrative of objectification into one of resistance, self-expression and celebration.   The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350 America/New_York public
February 21, 2025
7:00PM - 7:30PM
The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350

Date Range
2025-02-21 19:00:00 2025-02-21 19:30:00 MFA Film Screening: The Top Deck MFA Student Kierra Williams premieres her dance film The Top Deck, which is a reimagination of a performance aboard the ships of the Middle Passage, where enslaved individuals were forced to dance for the gaze of Europeans. Through a disturbing chant, “It’s a Friday,” rooted in her childhood, The Top Deck transforms a narrative of objectification into one of resistance, self-expression and celebration.   The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350 America/New_York public
February 22, 2025
7:00PM - 7:30PM
The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350

Date Range
2025-02-22 19:00:00 2025-02-22 19:30:00 MFA Film Screening: The Top Deck MFA Student Kierra Williams premieres her dance film The Top Deck, which is a reimagination of a performance aboard the ships of the Middle Passage, where enslaved individuals were forced to dance for the gaze of Europeans. Through a disturbing chant, “It’s a Friday,” rooted in her childhood, The Top Deck transforms a narrative of objectification into one of resistance, self-expression and celebration.   The Motion Lab at ACCAD, Sullivant Hall Room 350 America/New_York public

MFA Student Kierra Williams premieres her dance film The Top Deck, which is a reimagination of a performance aboard the ships of the Middle Passage, where enslaved individuals were forced to dance for the gaze of Europeans. Through a disturbing chant, “It’s a Friday,” rooted in her childhood, The Top Deck transforms a narrative of objectification into one of resistance, self-expression and celebration.
 

Dancers performing on a stage