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Laila J. Franklin

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laila makes dances and coffee.
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BABY’S HOME 🫶🏾 BABYBABYBABY Boston premiere, presented by @thedancecomplex , May 9 at 8pm and May 10 at 7pm tickets on sale at the link in my bio 🤎 reel shot and edited by @cam.kinch
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1 month ago
you heard it here first, @dancemagazine says i’ve got rizz •••••••••• grateful for the opportunity to be seen and uplifted alongside so many other incredible artists. grateful that a project that absolutely rocked my world, that cemented the kind of artist i want to be, thrust me into this kind of recognition. a sweeping THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU to every family member/friend/mentor/teacher/peer that has poured into me to help me become the artist i am today. my heart is so freakin full. #25towatch #bostondance #bostondancescene
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2 years ago
🪩The energy in the room during a workshop facilitated by Laila Franklin @la.frank This clip captures a few energizing moments from Laila’s workshop titled “All Aboard The Mothership,” a 90 minute improvisation-based workshop exploring the power of collective movement, informed by queer Black underground nightlife and Afrofuturist principles and imagery. This workshop took place at @estiahouseofmovement during Space Camp in March 2026, produced by Consciously Produced @consciouslyproduced Video and editing by Martin Nuñez-Bonilla @mnbnyc
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BIG SAPPY PARAGRAPH(S)🖤 last weekend, the BABYBABYBABY east coast tour came to a close back where it all started: in Boston, MA with an audience full of friends, family, and all other sorts of loved ones and community. bringing this show on the road was one of the hardest things I have done in my albeit short career. The lows were deep and difficult and frustrating and demeaning and irritating and sad. But the highs - baby, the HIGHS - breathtaking, immeasurable, life-changing, life-affirming. I hope I get to make silly and devastating dances for the rest of my life. I have said so many “thank you”s and “I love you”s over the last several months to the magic humans who bring this work to life, on and off the stage. To the friends - the babies - new and old, thank you, again, for all that you do. You make me a better artist human by being you. Thanks to everyone who came to see the show - some of y’all in multiple cities - in Philly, Providence, Portland, and Boston! Every city was a big hug. Second slide is my curtain speech from Boston. As always, more soon ;) I love you, I love you, and I love you too.
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us dragging you to BABYBABYBABY this weekend 🙂‍↕️ catch us at @thedancecomplex TOMORROW NIGHT (and Sunday night for too) tickets on sale at the link in my bio 🎟️ photo by @cam.kinch #bostondance #bostondancecommunity #please
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see you around 👀 and hopefully this weekend 💝 BABYBABYBABY Boston Premiere at @thedancecomplex , May 9 at 8pm and May 10 at 7pm. tickets linked in my bio 🩷 #bostondance #bostondancecommunity #please
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12 days ago
SNEAKY PEEKS: a sweet serenade, a swirling montage 💚 10 DAYS until the Boston Premiere of BABYBABYBABY at @thedancecomplex 💘 tickets linked in my bio, I hope to see you there footage from our time at @maine.mechanics earlier this spring 🩶
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17 days ago
BABYBABYBABY mood board, 2026 ❤️‍🩹 tickets on sale now for our BOSTON PREMIERE at @thedancecomplex - link in my bio 🩷
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21 days ago
happy new year. new substack is a calendar update disguised as a cryptic poem. I have - and I cannot stress this enough - been better, but please come to my shows and tell people you like about them too, and if you wanna come from out of town to see them, i’ll find you a couch or a bed. swipe to the end for a surprise. happy new year, baby foal. xoxo.
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25 days ago
deeply rich and loving weekend in Portland, ME presenting BABYBABYBABY at Maine Mechanics’ Hall 🖤 thank you to @maine.mechanics for presenting us, @blackelephanthostel for hosting us, @justrobynthanks for facilitating platonic speed dating at our reception and helping us make some new friends, @nefa_1976 for the grant support to help make this performance possible, and Frodo the dog for being perfect. tour isn’t over yet … more soon … VERY soon … ;)
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1 month ago
We’re ready for you Portland 💙 Catch the Maine premiere of BABYBABYBABY at @maine.mechanics THIS WEEKEND. Ticket link in bio 🩵 Photos by @cam.kinch
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1 month ago
Fall in love with @la.frank and BABYBABYBABY next week at the Hall. It’s a dance about dances about love. There is an evening performance on Saturday April 11 & a matinée show on Sunday, April 12. We’re hosting a little party after the performance on Saturday in our library. It’s free for all ticket holders. Sip on complimentary libations and talk about what you just saw. @justrobynthanks will lead platonic speed dating too. Link in bio for tickets Photos by @cam.kinch
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