SYDNIE L. MOSLEY DANCES PRESENTS THE WINDOW SEX PROJECT: COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS

Workshops to Address Street Harassment This Summer:  July 16 and August 20

Sydnie L. Mosley Dances is proud to announce its inaugural Harlem community arts and performance initiative, The Window Sex Project. Harlem women ages 18-35 are invited to participate in a FREE workshop ($10 for non-Harlem residents) on a Saturday, 10 am–3pm.  Participants may choose to come on July 16 at Barnard College or August 20 (location TBA).

The workshops not only provide practical methods and resources for women to combat street harassment, but also empower women to define and celebrate themselves through healthy choices and artistic expression. More information and complete schedule is available at: http://www.windowsexproject.com.

The workshops aim to be a safe, supportive space for women to tell their stories about street harassment, when the general culture of this type of harassment encourages women to be silent as they walk NYC streets. By pairing story telling with dance, participants will take immediate action against sexual objectification, harassment and, at its worst, violence. Choreographer Sydnie L. Mosley will facilitate the creation of dance movement by workshop participants about their experiences, which will be used for the later creation of an evening-length dance work to be presented in Harlem.

Mosley says she was sparked by personal experience to start the project.  “I realized that I needed to do something,” she explains.  “I needed to take a stand, have some kind of response to street harassment.  It happens every day.  It happens not only in Harlem, not only in New York City; it happens all over the world.  So now I am taking both political and artistic action.”

The Window Sex Project is a Harlem community arts and performance initiative produced by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances in partnership with Grosvenor House YMCA, Barnard College Dance Department, Barnard Center for Research on Women, Hollaback! NYC, RINY Media, INSPIRIT Dance Company, Ebony Eyes Artistry, The Body Shop Harlem, and Citizens Committee of NYC.

About Sydnie L. Mosley Dances

Sydnie L. Mosley Dances is a New York City-based contemporary dance company presenting works that seek to actively engage the audience’s physical and emotional senses with dance performance in addition to involving audiences in the artistic process. Choreographer Sydnie L. Mosley is an emerging voice in dance who often produces work that reflects real life experiences exploring, but not limited to, interests in black cultures and the experiences of women. The movement vocabulary reflects various styles of modern, ballet, and African dance, while dancers frequently use their voice with spoken text and audible breath. Choreographed works aim to move people through dance making them feel human with works that provoke a visceral reaction to the physicality on stage, or incite curiosity and conversation.

Contact: Soula Harisiadis, 410-916-1844, sydnielmosleydances@gmail.com