We are following Techmoja Dance and Theater Company as they create a new work on sexual trauma in rural Black communities in the South.  In this episode founder Kevin Lee-Y Green talks about what informed his decision to return home to Bolivia, North Carolina to create dance.  He describes the act of creating Techmoja, in the face of white dominated arts ecology in coastal Carolina, as an act of rebellion.   Kevin introduces us to company member Terrill Williams as we learn about the context for Black artists making work in small southern towns.  We learn that many art spaces were built by enslaved people and ironically Black artists have difficulty accessing those spaces as their whole selves.   

Quiet As It's Kept follows choreographer Kevin Lee-Y Green as he creates a new dance work addressing sexual trauma through  the lens of Blackness and southern culture.  While there are a few tough stories in this podcast series this is a story about the power of dance and culture to build resilience in ourselves and communities. 

This episode starts with our host Kevin sharing a traumatic experience from his teenage years.  He shares this with you, the listener, so that you can better understand the context for his effort to create a new dance work addressing sexual trauma.  Some listeners might find this story upsetting, so please take care of your needs.  Kevin shares a little more about the Techmoja company and their mission and brings his friend therapist Franchon Francees into the conversation.  Francees talks about the role racial identity plays in understand sexual trauma and the steps to take for healing .  

Quiet As It's Kept follows choreographer Kevin Lee-Y Green as he creates a new dance work addressing sexual trauma through  the lens of Blackness and southern culture.  While there are a few tough stories in this podcast series this is a story about the power of dance and culture to build resilience in ourselves and communities. 

Quiet As It's Kept follows choreographer Kevin Lee-Y Green as he creates a new dance work addressing sexual trauma through  the lens of Blackness and southern culture.  Green works from his rural community in the coastal Carolina where he directs Techmoja Dance and Theater Company. Using his own story of sexual trauma as point of departure we learn about the power of dance in his life.  While there are a few tough stories in this podcast series this is a story about the power of dance and culture to build resilience in ourselves and communities. 

In this episode Green starts us off sharing a little about his life growing up  in Bolivia, North Carolina and introduces us to family friend, Reverend Dierdre Parker as a way of taking us along with him on his artistic journey.