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Urban Bush Women send empowerment message through dance

Bournea, Chris
Call and Post (Cincinnati)
03-01-2006
The innovative, Africentric dance troupe Urban Bush Women brought their
current tour to the Palace Theatre on Feb. 18.

In the opening number, "Give Your Hands to Struggle," a dancer dressed in
white gracefully glided around the stage as a recorded voice intoned the
names of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and other luminaries who have
been instrumental in the struggle for freedom in quality. Through her
writhing and pained facial expression, the dancer conveyed the emotion of
the sacrifices these trailblazers made.

Urban Bush Women consists of African-American women of different shapes,
sizes and complexions. The troupe explored the diversity ...

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