Raquel Monroe and Esther Baker-Tarpaga perform a working draft of Two, too, a continued exploration of their interdisciplinary dance work with the artists collective Propelled Animals. Two, too asks what it means since then to forge and sustain friendships between Black and white women in 2021. How can you literally work things out on the dance floor? Two, too captures all of it. It allows us the opportunity to travel to the past, be in the present, and project into the future. It allows us to travel through time to honor the past and envision collective futures.
9 minutes 29 seconds. The time we danced. To remember George Floyd's death. Soundscore edited by Austin Blakely and video edits by Barber. Boubacar Djiga on tama drums. Costumes and set by Baker-Tarpaga and Monroe. Additional costume by @quiltsfromclothes ann eileen miller baker.
This was filmed by Chicago Takes 10 in April 2021. Funding by Walder Foundation. Invited by High Concept Labs as part of Propelled Animals 2021-2022 artists in residence.