Urban Bush Women

Throughout its 23-year history, the Urban Bush Women performance ensemble has resolutely danced the road less traveled.  Company founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar wanted to create a company that could explore the use of cultural expression as a catalyst for social change, and today that company--  "sassy, strong, and relevant" as proclaimed on its website--combines movement from a multiplicity of dance styles with music and storytelling infused with the spiritual traditions of African Americans and the African Diaspora. All this, and community activism, too.