jade solomon

My identities exist at the intersection of hyper visible and invisible.

In one breath, I am seen and unseen, heard and unheard, understood and misunderstood.

I am thousands of years of DNA shifts, forced displacements, oppressive colonial feminism and manufactured strength.

And while I am a Black woman leaning on the edge of despair willing myself to stand, my identities keep, facilitate and guide the pain that serves as a pathway to my purpose and ultimate superpower; movement expression and movement creation.

Every gesture that I make or word that I speak, aids in the dismantling of the oppressive systems that aim to undermine my existence.

I am a woman, mother, wife, daughter, sister, granddaughter, caregiver, friend, auntie, and multidimensional artist.

I am the combined knowledge of each of these identities attempting to understand, dissect, transform and purge the toxicity that accompanies each of her traumas. 

jade solomon curtis is a choreographer, dance artist, curator and creative director interested in the body as an artifact of memory, space and time. Through the lens of a contemporary Black woman, the integration of Black vernacular movements with contemporary dance, innovative technology, and Hip Hop cultural influences her works ponder tradition and reinvention, social justice, social constructs, as well as intuition and logic- often resulting in the proliferation of new perspectives.

jade is the founder of Solo Magic, a non-profit arts initiative that collaborates with innovative artists to create socially relevant work, “Activism is the Muse,” and the creator and co-curator of the Radical Black Femme Project, a global residency program that supports creative work in resisting racism, subverting transphobia, and supporting justice, safety, and equity with an emphasis on counter-culture conversations.