Seeding stories of diaspora

Oct 10, 2025
19 mins

Episode Description

Get the behind the scenes scoop on a show Ore worked on called seed & sound. Hear how themes of diaspora and echolocation helped guide the choreographic approach, and how a dance called Kuku, as well as Manjaco rhythms, were incorporated into the piece.

Special thanks to Urban Movement Arts and Philadelphia Dance Projects, and especially to Vince Johnson, Terry Fox, Kayliani Sood, and Allison Smith, for helping bring seed & sound to Philly audiences.

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Produced & Edited by OreOluwa Badaki and Azsaneé Truss with support from the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. 

Theme music: Unrest by ELPHNT on Directory.Audio 

Licensed under a creative commons attribution 3.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 


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