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Justin Randolph Thompson

20 Voices for Robeson - Trailer from Bradly Dever Treadaway on Vimeo.

Preface to 20 voices for Robeson is a performance and sound work that seeks to draw upon the legacy of Paul Leroy Robeson, Amiri Baraka and the notion of fallen monuments. Drawing its’ title from the Amiri Baraka poem ‘Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note’ in which Baraka states ’Nobody sings anymore’, this work exists as a prologue and epilogue to the erection of monuments and the cultural landscape which uses monuments to forget.
The project is a collaboration between Justin Randolph Thompson, Jason Thompson, Bradly Dever Treadaway, Stefanie Nelson, Kimani Fowlin and students from the Rutgers Dance Department.

Dancers and performers:
Kimani Fowlin
Jackie Carelli
Abe Meisel
Bria Bacon
Jaclyn Priore
Micayla Wynn
Helen Snelgrove
Tyler Rodriguez
Alex Rosenberg
Shannel Resto
Geovanie Radcliffe
Lauren Graham
Rob Forester
Rich Alston

Trumpet:
James Gibbs III

Archivist:
Bradly Treadaway

Cameras:
Meryl Feigenberg
Qian Ma

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