Farewell Sonata & Reprise
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Director & Choreographer: Tanniqua-Kay BuchananTanniqua-Kay Buchanan is a dancer, choreographer, and urban planner. She received her Bachelor of Science in Theater with a Dance focus and minor in Community Planning where her emphasis was on the Black Dancing Body explored through color theory social experiment.
Receiving her Masters in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Ms. Buchanan concentrated on spatial planning. Her research examines Movement (Dance) and Urban Form (a dance improvisational planning technique and movement method) in cities. Ms. Buchanan was granted a fellowship with The Field Foundation of Illinois, advocating for Arts Organizations on the South and West sides of Chicago. Her interests explore social movements and their spatial impacts on cities, the movement dialogue that dancers have with transitional and permanent spaces, and the shared elements of dance and design. She approaches these themes through the intersectional lens of an urbanist and lover of art and movement. Through her work, Tanniqua-Kay seeks to inspire collective introspection that sheds layers of socially ascribed identity and calls people to return home – to their culture and themself. Ms. Buchanan is currently working as an independent artist/choreographer, Hyde Park School of Dance, was a Dramaturgical Research for South Chicago Dance Theater’s 2020 – 2021 season. |
"My life’s mission is to focused on a transcontinental diasporic journey examining & affirming black landscapes through personal case studies in dance, design & urban planning."
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Production:
Choreographer & Creative Director/Producer: Tanniqua-Kay Buchanan Dance Company in Collaboration: Dance Loop Chicago Video Editor: Catherine Eng Videographer: Andre Jamar Dancers: Amber Echols and Georgia Pauley Premiered Fall 2021, South Chicago Dance for the camera Virtual Festival Presented Spring 2022, Sarah Lawrence Film Festival In installation Summer 2022, Well Behaved: Expectations, Socialization & Gender at CultureLab LIC |