BREathe Dance Project

Lights Up On: Bre Seals 🔦💡
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Bre Seals continued her pursuit of Dance by studying at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California and Howard University in Washington D.C. Through her studies of ballet, modern, and contemporary, Bre was motivated to tell stories through her own lens and unique dance style known as Sealsism. Thus, BREathe Dance Project was founded in 2013 as a professional dance company and platform to serve as a living testimony for the Black artistic community. Her most recent presentations as Artistic Director of BREathe Dance Project have been D.C. District Choreography Festival 2021, The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage in 2020, New Releases Commission at Dance Place in 2019, Leap Without Limits produced solely by BREathe Dance Project in 2019. Sealsism, the trademarked technique that Bre Seals has created and utilizes in her choreographic works, is heavily influenced by her identity as a Black woman who experiences synesthesia. As a woman of color, who neurologically also experiences the world around through her senses, she is able to associate movement with sound and color in a way that expresses her heart, soul, and artistic clarity. The joy of movement is felt through the colorful depictions of artistry and the resounding voice of untold stories from the Black community.
Seals’ involvement in the DC dance community has brought many meaningful opportunities such as her completion of the International Consortium of Advancement in Choreography in 2018. In addition, BREathe Dance Project was featured in the International Association of Blacks in Dance Festival and Conference performance in 2018 and was named a 2021 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council grant. She is the recipient of 2023 Honefluer Women In Arts Grant sponsored by Arch Development Corporation. Bre has also been featured in the Bounce. Pivot. Reach. issue of BlackMagazine (Spring/Summer 2021)

Join Bre as she dances her way in ORIGIN w/ BREathe Dance Project Inc Nov 2nd & 3rd 2023 7:30PM at THEARC! https://loom.ly/qyY7-fo

🚨🚨 🚨ATTENTION ATTENTION🚨🚨🚨
The FINAL Showing of by BREathe Dance Project closes TONIGHT Nov 3rd 2023 7:30PM at THEARC! This show is BOTH online & in-person! Grab your $20 tickets now!
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Lights Up On: Tiana Jackson💡🔦

Tiana Jackson: Tiana Jackson is from Newark, Delaware, she began dancing at the age of five and continued her dance studies at Christina Cultural Arts Center where she trained underDara Meredith. She continued her studies at DCNS (Dance Creates New Stars) Summer Dance Intensive. Tiana attended Howard University as a dance major;
however, she found that giving back to her community, specifically young children, was what she wanted after returning home for the summer. Earning her degree in Early Childhood Education, currently, Tiana is a dance teaching artist at the Early Childhood Education Arts Academy and a dance instructor of Modern and Ballet at Christina
Cultural Arts Center. Throughout the years, she has performed at the Pentagon, Delaware Art Museum, and other areas. Tiana has performed works by Hinton Battle, Assane Konte, Chris and Alma Law, Dara Meredith, Ella Rothschild, and others. In 2020, Tiana was a part of the work “Farewell” (choreographed by Dara Meredith) in the Virtual Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. “Farewell” then premiered as the opening for The Bridge of Our Roots in 2021. As well as choreographing for Delaware Dancing with the Stars and recently performing for the 20th Anniversary of A Different World Cast. This is Tiana’s first time working with BREathe Dance Project in which she is very excited to be a part of!

Join Tiana as she dances her way in w/ BREathe Dance Project Inc Nov 2nd & 3rd 2023 7:30PM at THEARC!



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