Artistic Director.
Lyrric Jackson has expanded to the Land of A Thousand hills, Kigali,Rwanda. Her work in partnership with Mashirika Performing Arts Center began in July 2021 with HER first collaborative performance at the Ubumuntu Arts Festival. The Elite Dancers of Mashirika have become an important part of the fabric of her artistry and healing dance practice.
Spring 2022
Lyrric Jackson, choreographs and conducts staging for the Basketball Africa League, 2022 Championship Opening Ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda. The Basketball Africa League (BAL), a partnership between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), is a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa. The BAL builds on the foundation of club competitions FIBA has organized in Africa and marks the NBA’s first collaboration to operate a league outside North America.
Fall 2021
Lyrric Jackson conducted a meditative improvisation master class at Brenau University. This master class forms the nexus through which weight, force, support, information, and communication flows. The practice progresses as contiguous points of form pathways of embodiment that freely travel anywhere on the body of the dancers. The movement of the path is in response to the physics of the action and the interplay of the dancers with the dynamics present in their immediate conditions. The Response to these dynamics are greatly influenced by the quality of the presence of the dancers, their attentional abilities, and embodiment.
Summer 2021
Lyrric Jackson, Founder of LJDC, was awarded a grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts FOUNDATION. She worked with the Ubumuntu Arts Festival in Kigali, Rwanda from July 7-19th as a performer and choreographer for the opening performance. She collaborated with the Mashirika Elite Dancers as the Choreographer in Residence. She taught three workshops during her time with the festival.