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Intimate Conversations with Dani Tirrell
By Central District Forum for Arts & IdeasArts
Intimate Conversations with Dani Tirrell episodes
- Conversation 22 - Jaelynn Scott
"Black love looks like the collective realization of the nature of mind and the spreading of magic and wisdom that arises from this realization."
Intimate Conversations guest Jaelynn Scott & Dani Tirrell talk about ministry, Buddhism, WA Blqck Trans Task Force.
About Jaelynn Scott:
Jaelynn Scott is the Executive Director of Lavender Rights Project, a queer and trans legal services nonprofit. Jaelynn has worked as a Director of HR, Operations, and Education for nonprofits and religious organizations. She is also an ordained minister and regularly preaches and facilitates workshops on justice and mindfulness in her previous career as a minister and religious educator. She is passionate about queer and trans liberation, sacred practices for self-care, decolonize labor practices, and mindfulness in the workplace.About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.50 min - Conversation 21 - jumatatu m. poe
This week's #IntimateConversation is with artist, educator, and organizer jumatatu m. poe. Host Dani Tirrell and jumatatu talk about J-sette, collaboration, rest and Study Sessions: Fieldstories
Visit CD Forum's Instagram to see jumatatu's answer to the question, "What does Black love look like?" and support jumatatu through PayPal at [email protected].About jumatatu m. poe:
I am an artist, educator and organizer based in Sakimauchheen Ing (momentarily called Philadelphia) who grew up dancing around the living room and at parties with my siblings and cousins. My early exposure to concert dance was through African dance and capoeira performances on California college campuses where my Pan-Africanist parents studied and worked, and I started “formal” dance training in college with Umfundalai, Kariamu Welsh’s contemporary African dance technique as taught by C. Kemal Nance. My work continues to be influenced by various sources, including my foundations in those living rooms and parties, my early technical training in contemporary African dance, my continued study of contemporary dance and performance, my movement trainings with dancer and anatomist Irene Dowd around anatomy and proprioception, my sociological research of and technical training in J-sette performance with Donte Beacham. Through my artistic work, I strive to collaborate in the creation of better worlds for Black queer folks, to create lovingly agitating performance work that recognizes History as only one option for the contextualization of the present, and to continue to imagine options for artists’ economic and emotional thrivability.About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.59 min - Conversation 20 - Anastacia-Renee
Dani Tirrell and guest Anastacia-Renee talk about Queer Mama Crossroads, being a queer Mother and being present in her joy.
“Black love looks like Afrofuturism rocking a retro shirt and re-(purposed) commitment. Hair a mess of love, lips blinking with “yes,” eyes moist with home.”
Anastacia-Renee is a multigenre writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist and Deep End Podcast co-host. She is a 2020 Arc Fellow(4Culture),recipient of the 2018,James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award for Washington Artist (Literary), Seattle Civic Poet (2017-2019),Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House (2015-2017), and Jack Straw Curator (2020). Renee has received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, Artist Trust, Jack Straw, Ragdale, Mineral School, Hypatia in the Woods and The New Orleans Writers Residency. Anastacia-Renee's work has been published in, Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, Spirited Stone, Foglifter, Auburn Avenue, Pinwheel, The Fight and the Fiddle, Glow, The A-Line, Ms. Magazine and many more.
https://www.anastacia-renee.com/https://fryemuseum.org/exhibition/7398Recorded over Instagram Live on September 19, 2020.
About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.1 hr - Intimate Conversations | Special Topic: The Whitening of African Dance, Part 1
Skin I’m In LLC in partnership with CD Forum present Part 1 of a two-part series of Intimate Conversations | Special Topic
The Whitening of African Dance, Part 1 was recorded on Saturday, September 12, 2020 and streamed on CD Forum's Facebook and YouTube.
This panel discussion co-moderated by Dani Tirrell & Lakema Bell, is a look into black women experiences in the African Dance community locally and globally. A conversation around the gradual to almost sudden take over of black spaces by the dominate culture. A time to acknowledge and begin healing from trauma induced experiences. A SOUL FILLED conversation for us by us.
Panelists include Dr. Orisade I. Awodola, Makeda Ebube, and Sumayaa Diop. Read more about Lakema Bell and her guests below.
For more information: https://www.cdforum.org/post/special-conversation-the-whitening-of-african-dance
About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.2 hr 7 min - Conversation 18 - Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra
Listen to host and curator Dani Tirrell and guest Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra talk about creating and falling in love with yourself, and being a dope artist on this week's #IntimateConversation.
“Black Love Looks like the current of the rivers that never stop despite the geography of the terrain.
It looks like a dagger that goes through the bodies and when it comes out becomes songs and dances.It looks like a glassless mirror that can reflect the invisible walls of systemic oppression and racism.It looks like open breasts, filled with warm milk that breastfeeds and nourishes the entire humanity.It looks like Gospel, Calypso, Festejo, Hip Hop, Punta, Blues, Fandango, Soca, Samba, Tango, Reggae, Bossa Nova, Candombe, Batucada, Afrobeat, Culo'e Puja, Currulao, Tamborito, Merengue, Timba, Quitiplas, Cumbia, Chimbangle, Tap and many other rhythms, dances and sounds that are created with or without a drum, but with the rhythm of the drums-beats of the spirit-heart.It looks like a concentric circle of sister/brotherhood that is supported by the planted roots of our ancestors, which at the same time support the bare feet of their descendants and embrace with their outstretched arms the black diaspora that balances the seeds of historical awareness of black culture between their fingers.They look at himself as a powerful love, a God love that represents themself as an androgynous being with a skirt made of water surrounding their hips, a bronze armor on their chest, and a crown of fire on their head. It looks like a flexible and permeable love that accommodates and transforms into a multiplicity of forms.This is how Black Love looks to me.”Intimate Conversations happen on Instagram Live on CD Forum's Instagram, every Saturday at 3PM Pacific Time.
About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.1 hr - Conversation 17 - Saira Barbaric
Dani talks with guest Saira Barbaric about connection and investigation, adult entertainment and a new selfie challenge.
Support Saira through Cashapp: $Okphoebe.“Black love looks like patience, resilience and innovation in the face of chaos.”
Intimate Conversations happen on Instagram Live on CD Forum's Instagram, every Saturday at 3PM Pacific Time.
About CD Forum: The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.
51 min - Conversation 16 - Michele Dooley
Dance artist Michele Dooley is Dani Tirrell's guest on this week's #IntimateConversations.
Support Michele through Venmo: Michele-Dooley-1 & Cashapp$michelefelicia“Black love looks like incomparable support. Black love looks alive, golden and vibrant. Black love is coated with sweetness and warmth.”
Intimate Conversations happen on Instagram Live on CD Forum's Instagram, every Saturday at 3PM Pacific Time.
About CD Forum: The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.
57 min - Conversation 15 - Kiana Harris
Dani Tirrell and guest Kiana Harris talk about moving through grief, advocating for your child and love during a pandemic on this episode of Intimate Conversations.
Poem: Absorption
by Kiana HarrisBlack love, is loving my body in the now and not the body 10 years agoBlack love, is trusting my motherhood.Black love is continuing to see my black child as a kid, even though the world may not.Black love is, dismantling generational traumaBlack love is creating a nurturing environment, for me and my mines.Black love is restBlack love is knowing my ancestors humanity, is not only from painBlack love is a form of resistanceBlack love is embracing my inner pettyBlack love is laughing at “Karen’s” as they envy my black radianceBlack love is a revolutionary actIntimate Conversations happen on Instagram Live on CD Forum's Instagram, every Saturday at 3PM Pacific Time.
About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.49 min - Conversation 14 - Lauren Du Pree
Actor, singer, writer, filmmaker Lauren Du Pree is Dani Tirrell's guest on this week's #IntimateConversations.
"Black love is refusing to succumb to what the world says about us because we know the truth about our brilliance. It's a head nod when we see ourselves walking down the street, a supportive "aaaaye!" when the moment requires it, a warm hug when the world is too much, a knowing look that understands what's hidden behind our ambiguous facial expressions, and a joy that is unmatched. Black love is lit. Black love keeps us going when it seems like we shouldn't have any fight left. Black love is revolutionary."Intimate Conversations happen on Instagram Live on CD Forum's Instagram, every Saturday at 3PM Pacific Time.
About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.49 min - Conversation 13 - Sadiqua Iman
Dani & Sadiqua cover a lot in this episode including: Earth Peral Collective, Nile's Edge and motherhood.
What does Black love look like?
“Black love means a deep understanding of my ancestral lineage expressed through a glorified respect for Black people who share it with me. Black love is a remembering of ancient wisdom and celebration of its reflection through my family, partners, friends, and community. Black love is a depth of joy.” — Sadiqua ImanAbout Sadiqua Iman:Sadiqua Iman performs as the character Namii and uses burlesque, storytelling, and dance to deconstruct issues of gender fluidity, relationships, and what it means to “strip down”outside of sexual connotations.About CD Forum:
The CD Forum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to present and produce Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about Black Culture.1 hr 52 min
About Intimate Conversations with Dani Tirrell
From the publisher's feed
CD Forum’s Curator Dani Tirrell hosts weekly one on one conversations over Instagram Live with members of the Seattle community.
Intimate Conversations aims to center the voices of Black artists in the wake of the Coronavirus. “We understand that this has impacted the arts and food service communities at an alarming rate. We also understand the huge impact this has on Black and Brown people globally.
One way we are approaching this is by speaking with Black and Brown community folks directly on how this has moved their lives in a direction none of us could have ever expected."