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BLACK HISTORY MONTH DANCE PARTY
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Celebrate Juneteenth at the MoAD with Traci Bartlow!
Part lecture, part dance party, this lively presentation moves through different eras of the black experience to honor the aesthetic, culture, and liberation felt in African American social dances. Come ready to dance and celebrate black joy with this historic offering.
Saturday June 19, 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Zoom Room Tickets available HERE.
Traci Bartlow presents:
A Celebration of African American Social Dances
Sponsored By:
A Celebration of African American Social Dances
Sponsored By:
Saturday February 27, 2021 11am – 1pm Via Zoom
Tickets Available Now - $20 per person
In this dance workshop we will move through time from West Africa through the New Millennium! Come ready to dance as we, celebrate Black History Month and honor the health, vitality, and wellness of our bodies and community!
For more information send messages HERE.
Tickets Available Now - $20 per person
In this dance workshop we will move through time from West Africa through the New Millennium! Come ready to dance as we, celebrate Black History Month and honor the health, vitality, and wellness of our bodies and community!
For more information send messages HERE.
Gentrification of Hip-Hop Dance:
Can the Front Half Sit Down?
November 21, 22, 2020. 3-7pm PST
The Gentrification of Hip Hop investigates the issues of cultural appropriation by brining together community leaders and academic experts to speak on the history of black culture. I will be presenting a lecture and dance workshop on African American Social Dance's at this timely event. It's great to see non-black dancers have the humility to learn about the black experience as it relates to anti-racist work in the Hip Hop dance and culture they love and participate in.
Celebrating 100 Years of Black Music with the Dynamic Faye Carol, Joe Warner & Trio
October 1 @ 5pm on Facebook Live or Youtube Live I will be choreographing and performing at the Piedmont Piano Company with an awesome group of artist!
Make sure you tune in!
Make sure you tune in!
July 14, 2020 7-8pm
I'll be teaching a virtual dance workshop and lecture with The Breakaway!
Come through!
Summer Equinox 2020!
June 20, 2020 @ 8pm I will be sharing powerful stories of reclaiming ownership of my body on my own terms.
For far too long the bodies of my ancestors have been used for the pleasure and economic advancement of others. They were owned by others who saw them as less than human. They were denied simple pleasures of life. In this time of massive protest fighting the disregard for black life lets remember the power, control, and fulfillment of our pleasure. I hope you will attend my livestream. Tickets on sale now.
LIVE! At The Salon @ B-Love's Guest House
I'm excited to be teaching at
Swinging At The Savoy
February 29, 2020!
Exclusive! Tickets on Sale Now!
Valentines Day 2020
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Will you be joining me for my annual cocktail party
Cookies & Cocktails ? I hope so!!! Tickets are on sale now and include 2 drink, yummy cookies fresh baked by moi, and a sneak peak of my photography collection, Oakland Picture Lady: Tales of a 90's Girl. You don't want to miss it! See you there! |
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Shim Sham to the Motherland is back!!! This time we will offer a 4 week series at The Breakaway, Oakland's Premier Swing Dance Venue at the beautiful Lake Merritt Dance Center. Classes are every Tuesday in the month of November from 8pm to 9pm, then, you can swing dance the night away from 9-11pm.
Our class offers participants the opportunity to experience the retention of traditional African dance movement in vernacular jazz and beyond. Instructors Traci Bartlow and Latanya d. Tigner will share important historical information about the forms and dances learned in the class. Come ready to boogie! Registration at the door available! |
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Come check out my workshop and lecture
Friday November 8 from 5:30 - 7:30 at the
Museum of Art @ St. Mary's College in Moraga, California
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Dancing Cy(i)phers is back! September 6, 7, 2019. We have a great line up of teachers and I'm proud to be one of them. Ticket's are on sale now!
Dancing Ci(y)phers: Hip Hop's Embodied Expression (of Resilience) As a two-day long symposium and workshop offering, Dancing Ci(y)phers: Hip Hop's Embodied Expression (of Resilience) will bring together dance communities interested in hip hop and other African American social dance. The event will delve into hip hop dance’s history, culture, and the scholarship around its global impact and ancestral connections to specific African dance traditions. Panel discussions and master classes led by distinguished dance artists—Oakland natives Traci Bartlow and Darrin Hodges, Richmond natives, Jamar Welch and Latanya d. Tigner, NYC natives, Ejoe Wilson and Buddah Stretch-- will give participants a glimpse of the cultural and socio-political-economic landscape from vernacular jazz, Lindy Hop, Hip Hop, House, Boogaloo, and the Motown style emerged regionally in African American communities. Participants will also learn the origin and purpose of the African dances to which these forms have connections. The day will conclude with a workshop in African Dance Presence in Hip Hop open cy(i)pher. Note: Participants must attend the panel discussion in order to take the dance classes. |
I am very happy to share my latest offering B-Love's Garden Happy Hour. Every Wednesday in the month of July & August 2019 from 4-8pm. Come get recharged in the summer sun surround by my lush urban garden.
Enjoy B-Love's "Garden Happy Hour" in her lush urban garden! We feature our signature drink Radiant Bliss: a Nutrient Dense Fresh Pressed Fruit juice for a $10 donation. Open Mic and special guest at 6pm. There's a farm to table experience as we harvest and serve what ever is ripe in the garden. Come enjoy the summer sun, a great vibe, healthy food and drink, and get charged up for the rest of the wee
Enjoy B-Love's "Garden Happy Hour" in her lush urban garden! We feature our signature drink Radiant Bliss: a Nutrient Dense Fresh Pressed Fruit juice for a $10 donation. Open Mic and special guest at 6pm. There's a farm to table experience as we harvest and serve what ever is ripe in the garden. Come enjoy the summer sun, a great vibe, healthy food and drink, and get charged up for the rest of the wee
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Shim Sham to the Motherland is a dance workshop the honors the African dance presence in Vernacular Jazz. The workshop is free and taught by myself and Latanya d. Tigner. Thursday May 2 from 7-9pm at the Malonga Center for the Arts in Oakland, CA. Come out and dance with us!
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I will be teaching in the South Bay at
Wednesday Night Hop February 20, 2019 B-Love's Dance Party-The Land of Funk! |
WOW!!!!!!!!!
10 years ago I started the business B-Love's Guest House from the street level apartment of my Victorian home.
Saturday June 23, 2018 will be the anniversary BBQ for this short term rental service that welcomes people from all over the world and providing a wholistic, vibrant, and home like atmosphere.
For more information on how to share in the celebration click here.
It's going to be all the way live!!!
10 years ago I started the business B-Love's Guest House from the street level apartment of my Victorian home.
Saturday June 23, 2018 will be the anniversary BBQ for this short term rental service that welcomes people from all over the world and providing a wholistic, vibrant, and home like atmosphere.
For more information on how to share in the celebration click here.
It's going to be all the way live!!!
Be sure to catch
RESPECT: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom
exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California
March 24 - August 12, 2018
I have 4 images in the exhibition!
RESPECT: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom
exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California
March 24 - August 12, 2018
I have 4 images in the exhibition!
I am excited to co-host this lovely dance party in Harlem Saturday May 12, 2018 from 3-5pm at Harlem Stage, NYC. Come take a dance workshop with me and dance to some jazzy tunes I'll be spinning. Ticket on Sale now!
Previewing August 2018, Oakland, Picture Lady; Tales of a 90's Girl, is and exhibition of fine art photographic prints, collages, and a podcast.
Full exhibition is 2019.
Click here for updates.
Full exhibition is 2019.
Click here for updates.
Starchild Enterprise presents,
Norma Miller Unplugged!
A rare comedy event with the 97 year old Queen of Swing. Ms. Miller shares stories of her incredible life with with cultural icons such as Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Redd Foxx, Debbie Allen, and Spike Lee.
March 3 2017, at 7pm at Eastside Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94606
Tickets on sale now!
Norma Miller Unplugged!
A rare comedy event with the 97 year old Queen of Swing. Ms. Miller shares stories of her incredible life with with cultural icons such as Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Redd Foxx, Debbie Allen, and Spike Lee.
March 3 2017, at 7pm at Eastside Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94606
Tickets on sale now!