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Dance as a Revolutionary Practice

Taught by Ogemdi Ude

Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

When

  • Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 11:45am

Where

The Hymowitz Family Dance Cube 224
2020 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27708

Venue Details

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Registration for this workshop will open on Friday, September 25.

Dance as a Revolutionary Practice

Taught by Ogemdi Ude

Explore the power, memory, and physicality of majorette dance, a form that originated in the American South within Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 1950s.

Alongside majorette dance, participants will learn methods for bridging the form with contemporary dance and improvisation. This high energy workshop will move from across the floor work, to choreography, to improvised scores, and end in composition practices. This is an opportunity to learn the importance of Black femme dance tradition and reckon with your own dance histories.

Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

Meet the Instructor

Ogemdi Ude

Ogemdi Ude is a dance and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. Her performance work focuses on Black femme legacies and futures, grief, and memory. Her work has been presented at Kampnagel, …

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This workshop is organized in connection with the Duke Arts Presents performance MAJOR by Ogemdi Ude / Akunna Material.

Duke Arts Create is a series of free, hands-on arts workshops designed to help all Duke students, including graduate and professional students (including Duke Health), as well as Duke faculty and staff develop a variety of creative skills in the visual arts, dance and movement, creative writing and more. Workshops are open to all skill levels and backgrounds. Most workshops are held in the Duke Arts Annex, the Rubenstein Arts Center or the Duke Arts Office 2101 and are typically held weeknights from 6-8 p.m.

Registration for the following week’s Duke Arts Create workshops go live on Friday morning at 9 a.m. – sign up in advance to guarantee your spot. Didn’t get a spot? No problem! We always reserve space for walk-ins and waitlist registers. Email DukeCreate@duke.edu if you have any questions. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here, which includes the full list of classes offered during the following month.

Duke Arts Create is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts (Duke Arts).

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