A blessing to be among these luminaries @roxanedorleansjuste1 , @olicynt , and Sonia D’Orléans Juste at the 2025 performances of “Marassa” by Roxane D’Orléans Juste with Sonia D’Orléans Juste. 10/10/25, Krannert Center at Illinois.
Ahhhh Bates! So much LOVE for you! COCo Dance Theatre residency working on TURNT and hangin with the beauties. Thank you Bates Fam! #bdf #bates #cynthiaoliver #bds #missfunk #summerdancefestival2025 #danceatillinois #adf #jacobspillow #ozuzudances #geselmason #jasonfinkelman #blackdance #blackdancers #dancetheatre
✨ Choreographer and scholar Cynthia Oliver ( @olicynt ) is in residence this week at Bates Dance Festival, developing her new work-in-progress, Turn. Turning. TURNT.
Last night’s showing was nothing short of powerful—a performance that was bold, moving, and truly life-changing.
This three-part work explores imagined futures, collective stillness, and the return to self—through layered movement, memory, and transformation.
🎥 Catch a glimpse into the process before the full premiere at BDF in 2026.
#CynthiaOliver #TurnTurningTURNT #BDF2025 #DanceTheatre #WorkInProgress #ArtistInResidence
Spent my fourth with these AMAZING humans! Werkin on the next one. Holla! 🙌🏾👊🏾✊🏾✨. Angie Pittman, Nik Owens, Dare Ayorinde, Jessie Young, Kendra Portier, Leslie Cuyjet! #dance #DAI
Thrilled to be included in this group of fab peers and this story. Thank you Dance Mag! Thank you Rachel Rizzuto and all that made this possible. Biggups! 🙏🏾✨
Oh Bates Dance Festival! Standing at Heather Lyon’s “portal” Entering beautiful space with beautiful, generous and joyous humans! How rich the week. How open and generous the students. How grateful I am to have been with these folks, laughing, sweating, sharing. Thank you ALL! 🤍✨🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥#BDF23 #batesportal #dance #danceteachers #dancemakers #danceartists #dancestudents #dancefestivals #summerdancefestivals #cynthiaoliver #cynthiaoliverdance #danceillinois
A fab fun night in NYC for the Harlem Stage Gala. Awards to my grrrl Leslie Cuyjet and legend Tania León. And so many I love and admire. Yay Harlem Stage! ✨🙌🏾🥳
I’m excited to be teaching at Bates Dance Festival this summer as part of their Professional Training Program! Happening from July 9 - 29, 2023 (I’m there week one) on Bates College campus in Lewiston, ME, BDF’s Professional Training Program (PTP) is designed for students ages 18 and older. PTP participants can choose to attend the program for one, two, or all three weeks and design their schedule according to their interest and needs. Courses offered this summer include Hip Hop, Compositional Improvisation, Countertechnique, Making Dances, and MORE! Scholarship applications are due March 28 and program applications are due May 5 at . Let’s dance this summer!
An EPIC night! Thank you Doris Duke! And Congrats to the 2023 cohort! ✨💕🥳. #dance #music #theatre #interdisciplinary #visualart #artists #dorisdukeartists #supportartists #moneywhereyourmouthis #artistactivists
