Edisa was the inaugural Kupferberg Center for the Arts Incubator Project Artist for which she created ACTION SONGS\/PROTEST DANCES (2022) which is inspired the by work and life of Civil Rights Leader James Forman, whose personal papers are in the Queens College Rosenthal Library Civil\u00a0Rights Archives. Edisa was nominated for an inaugural Antonyo 2020 award in Best Choreography for\u00a0Novenas for a Lost Hospital\u00a0<\/em>(2019) by Cusi Cram, Dir. Daniella Topol, at Rattlestick Theater; she also choreographed\u00a0The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker\u00a0<\/em>(2020) by Theodora Skiptares at La Mama Theater. Edisa appeared in the movie\u00a0Rachel Getting Married<\/em>, Dir. Jonathan Demme, and has been on the cover of several magazines including Wired and La Fotografia. She grew up in Uganda, Papua New Guinea, and Brooklyn, NY; and has a BA from Brown University and received a full fellowship to attend New York University\u2019s TISCH School of the Arts where she obtained an MFA in choreography. She has had the joy of performing with Annie\u2013B Parsons Big Dance Theater, Bill T. Jones\/Arnie Zane Dance Co., Dance Brazil, Jane Comfort, Jon Kinzel, Muna Tseng, Reggie Wilson Fist & Heel Performance Group, Sally Silvers, Spencer\/Colton Dance, among others. In addition, she performed in the 2016 “Bessie” award-winning performance by The Skeleton Architecture.\u00a0<\/p>\n Edisa has taught at the Alvin Ailey School, Bard College, Brigham Young University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Milwaukee University, Princeton University, Saint Ann’s High School, and currently is an Associate Professor of Dance and Acting Chair of the Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance at Queens College. She teaches modern technique, improvisation, choreography, the collaborative process, and mentors emerging artists. She is on the Board of Directors for Movement Research; has been a panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts, the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and other funding organizations; and served on the Bessie Committee which recognizes outstanding dance and performance in NYC from 2014-2018. She has also served multiple times as an adjudicator for American College Dance Association Conferences. In her work as an educator, artist, and mentor, Weeks is committed to creating equitable teaching and working environments; and motivating people to help establish a more just and equitable society and nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n www.deliriousdances.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Edisa WeeksEdisa Weeks\u00a0(she\/her) is a Brooklyn, NY-based choreographer, educator, curator, and founder of DELIRIOUS Dances. She creates intimate environments that merge theater with dance to explore our deepest desires, darkest fears, and sweetest dreams. Described by the New York Times as having \u201ca gift for simple but striking visual effects,\u201d her work has been performed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\u00a0 ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/da\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2020\/04\/weeks2.jpg\")
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\r\nEdisa Weeks<\/strong> is a choreographer, educator, videographer, and director of DELIRIOUS DANCES, which merges theater with dance to explore the beauty and complexity of life. In her work she seeks to create intimate environments in which to experience and interact with contemporary dance. The New York Times described Weeks\u2019 work as having \"A lot of imagination and a gift for simple but striking visual effects.\" Her work has been performed in a variety of venues including swimming pools, storefront windows, senior centers, sidewalks and living rooms, as well as at Chashama Theater, The Clarice Smith Center, Dance Theater Workshop, Dixon Place, Emory University, The Guggenheim Museum, Harlem Stage, Inside Out at Jacob\u2019s Pillow, Joe\u2019s Pub, Joyce SoHo, The Kennedy Center, The Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts, The Mermaid Parade, The National Black Arts Festival, The Puffin Room, Summer Stages Dance Festival and The Yard at Martha\u2019s Vineyard. Internationally her work has been produced in Canada, England, Italy, Japan, Spain. Most recently DELIRIOUS performed in living rooms in Berlin, Germany for the Haus der Kulturen der Welt\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration.\r\n\r\nHer performance credits include Reggie Wilson Fist and Heel Performance Group, Dance Brazil, Bill T. Jones\/Arnie Zane Dance Co., Jane Comfort & Co., David Gordon Pick-Up Performance Group, Annie-B Parsons\u2019 BIG DANCE THEATER, Spencer\/Colton Dance, Kevin Wynn Collection and Marie Brooks Children\u2019s Dance Theater. From 1991 \u2013 2001, Edisa Co-directed Avila\/Weeks Dance with Homer Avila. She also appeared in the movie \"Rachel Getting Married\" Directed by Jonathan Demme.\r\n\r\nEdisa Weeks holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA in dance from New York University\u2019s TISCH School of the Arts where she was an Alberto Vilar Performing Arts Fellow. She has taught and created works for the Alvin Ailey School, Ailey II, Bard College, Brigham Young University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Milwaukee University, Princeton University, Prodanza Italia, Queens College, Saint Ann\u2019s High School and Texas Christian University.\r\n\r\nShe has received several awards including choreographic residencies at Joyce SoHo and the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York, as well as Djerassi in California and The Yard in Martha's Vineyard. She has also received a New York Foundation for the Arts BUILD grant, a Mondo Cane grant from Dixon Place as well as grants from the American Music Center\u2019s Live Music for Dance Program, Brooklyn Arts Council, the Puffin Foundation and United States Artist International.\r\n\r\nShe is currently developing \"To Begin the World Over Again\"<\/em>, a collaboration with composer Joseph Philips and his Ensemble Numinous<\/em>, based on the writings of Thomas Paine. \"To Begin The World Over Again<\/em>\" will premiere on June 9-18, 2011 at the Irondale center in Fort Greene Brooklyn.\r\n(Photos by: Jaye Phillips)\r\n\r\nwww.deliriousdances.com<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/strong>","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[360],"class_list":["post-763","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/dtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}