HELGA DAVIS: Have you ever seen a performance or encountered an idea that’s made you feel like you’ve stepped through a portal to a new and fascinating country? I’m Helga Davis, and I’d love for you to join me in conversation with the extraordinary people who open those portals. People like poet Claudia Rankine …
CLAUDIA RANKINE:You know, we’re all such complex individual masterpieces
HELGA DAVIS: … choreographer Bill T. Jones …
BILL T. JONES: To be a Black director - I mean it’s no accident that there are so few Alvin Ailey’s that have been produced in this country. Why?!
HELGA DAVIS:… and playwright Michael R. Jackson …
MICHAEL R. JACKSON: Safe also has another connotation of not being willing to take risks.
HELGA DAVIS:These aren’t interviews. They’re conversations … with extraordinary people. Subscribe to Helga wherever you get podcasts.
