Join the Ladies of Hip Hop Dance Collaborative & Friends for an evening celebrating the legacy and evolution of Black American dance.
This evening centers the legacy, innovation, and cultural brilliance of Black women whose work lives in street, club, and vernacular dance forms across the African Diaspora and the shared cultural threads that connect us like…rhythm, groove, improvisation, community, and celebration.
The intention is for the evening to feel connected presentation rather than showcase, but still allowing each work to be its own, while also being in conversation with the others.
About the Performers
The evening’s line-up will include:
Ladies of HipHop Dance Collective
Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective (LDC) is an all female intergenerational dance collective that creates dance works illuminating the strength, power and diversity of women in Hip-Hop. Ever present in the work are the freestyle, cipher, and call-and-response origins of street and club dance culture, all while exploring the space of proscenium performance.
KaJe Movement Collective
Founded by Kara Jenelle Wade, M.F.A., KaJe Movement Collective is performance ensemble of radiant artistic Sistas embodying cultural legacy, creativity, and powerful presence. Rooted in rhythms of the African diaspora, social dance, and contemporary expression, the company integrates spoken word, musical composition, and cinematic visuals to evoke, educate, and represent their culture as members of the global majority. Their choreographies honor the impact of Black histories, the vibrancy of Black joy, and the urgency of liberation
A Lady in the House Dance [ALITH]
Created in 2012 by Nubian Néné, ALITH, a space for creative exploration, empowerment, and artistic innovation. The company draws from themes of self-reflection, societal expectations, mental health, and the Black woman narrative, using Street and Club dance as a powerful language for storytelling. Through movements, ALITH seeks to spark awareness, conversation, and connection—both within the dance community and beyond. Committed to breaking forms, eliminating boundaries, and challenging the status quo, ALITH reimagines what is possible in dance and performance. Notable works STANCE (2016), Rainbow Queens (2018), Come On Down (2018), Dualis (2022), Signature Verses Liberation (2022), and traceable (2025) the latest 80-min solo work, exploring mental health and its impact on creativity.
NEFER
NEFER is a multidisciplinary creative ecosystem founded by Toyin Sogunro that explores movement, memory, ritual, and Black cultural expression through performance, education, and community gathering.
Rooted in Black street and club dance forms, diasporic traditions, and contemporary storytelling, NEFER creates immersive experiences that investigate identity, ancestry, transformation, and collective care. Existing between the sacred and the street, its work transforms personal and cultural histories into spaces of connection, reflection, and liberation.
Recent projects include Welcome Home, The Vibe Session, Emergence, A Pull on the Soul, and Celestial Psalms: A Ceremony of Return—works that honor resilience, imagination, and the enduring spirit of the African diaspora.
Diyanna Monet
Diyanna Monet is a Washington DC multidisciplinary artist, whose enthusiasm and ambition for movement stems from her childhood exposure to music genres such as Hip-Hop, R&B, and the native Go-Go sound, which catalyzed her path in DJing. Inspired by several collectives and artists in the city, Diyanna’s creative blends of art, DJing, and dance convey reminiscent energies of the “House Party”
Event Details
6:30 PM