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A’we deh ya Residency & Engagement at VCU
As part of Paloma McGregor/Angela’s Pulse residency with VCUarts Dance + Choreography, Paloma and collaborators Christine King, Kayla Hamilton, and Nina Angela Mercer have been developing a new, community-specific iteration of Building a Better Fishtrap / A’we deh ya (All of Us Are Here).
Throughout this process, we’ve been listening, learning, and creating alongside Richmond Cultural Bearers, Community Leaders, and VCU students.
As a culmination of this developmental period we will gather this April with VCU and Richmond community members for a week of process and an evening of performance and dialogue, where food and conversation will come together to explore what it takes to nourish and sustain a healthy community.
[Featured Image Description: A photograph of four Black artist with four white lawn chairs lined up horizontally. They are outside in a grassy area during a sunny day. From left to right: Christine King is standing facing back. Nina Angela Mercer is sitting with her hands in fists. Paloma McGregor stands looking up while her palms are to the sky. Kayla Hamilton is sitting, with her eyes closed and hands in fist.]
Dance Magazine 25 to Watch LIVE
Join us at New York City’s Mark Morris Dance Center on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 7 pm EDT for an unforgettable evening of dance. This unique performance will feature artists from Dance Magazine’s 2025 “25 to Watch” sharing their incredible talent.
2025 marks the 25th edition of “25 to Watch,” as well as the 3rd edition of the live performance. The evening will show a variety of disciplines including ballet, tap, contemporary, Irish dance, improvisation, and more!
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[Featured Image Description: a black & white photo of Kayla Hamilton, who is a Black woman with shoulder length locs, dancing. She is tilting her head back as she pushes the space with her hands. She is wearing jeans and a knee length cardigan. Behind her are storefronts and cars parked on the street.]
Guest Teaching at Judith McCarty School of Dancing
Kayla Hamilton will be returning to her first dance home in Texarkana, TX—Judith McCarty School of Dancing. While there, she’ll talk to high school students about growing up in Texarkana and being an artist in NYC.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is not open to the public.
[Featured Image Description: view from the street of the Judith McCarty School of Dancing, which are two low beige buildings connected by a walkway. The one on the left has the name of the school painted on it in black letters.]
Guest Lecture at Texas A&M
Kayla Hamilton will be giving a lecture on Disability Arts and Accessible Teaching Practices at Texas A&M’s College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Art.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is not open to the public.
[Featured Image Description: The brick front of the stadium on the Texas A&M University campus]
Open Dance Class at Houston Met
Facilitated by Kayla Hamilton, this is a movement class that centers disability experience as valuable source material for creation.
This class is open for all Disabled people and their non-disabled accomplices, including and not limited to those that identify as blind, visually impaired, Deaf/deaf, chronically ill, crip, or Mad. We are able to accommodate up to 25 students. ASL will be provided.
Cost: Free
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[Featured image description: Aerial view of a large circle of students seated on the floor in a dance studio.]
Guest Artist at Houston Community College
Kayla will be facilitating workshops on “Living Life as An Artist” and “Accessible Movement Practice” as well as giving an Artist Talk.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is not open to the public.
[Featured Image Description: view from the street of a brick building at Houston Community College. The HCC logo is on the front.]
Introduction to Audio Descriptions
Join Dance Source Houston for one of our professional development workshops created with dancers, choreographers, dance educators and organization leaders in mind.
This workshop will provide an introduction to the nuts and bolts of Audio Description as a tangible access practice and a creation tool. We’ll explore various ways AD can be used and how it can help us articulate what we are making, who we are making it for, and why. We will practice how AD can support us in attuning to our inherent multiplicity and build connection with each other from there.
Presented by Kayla Hamilton.
All participants will need to mask or test negative before coming into the space. COVID tests and masks will be provided.
[Featured Image Description: Stage with blue lights and a large screen that reads “Introduction to Audio Descriptions, facilitated by Kayla Hamilton.” A few folding chairs are arranged onstage in a circle.]
ÌMÍ Festival 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria
We have just returned from a transformative 10-day journey in Abuja, where we engaged with artists, explored access-centered environments and Disability Justice in practice. Our time was spent in deep collaboration—first with non-disabled artists, creating spaces where access is considered. Then, we gathered with a powerful group of cross-disabled artists—storytellers, movement makers, culture shapers.
One moment stands out: our opening circle, where Black Disabled artists from across Nigeria came together, taking up space, making history. This was not just an event—it was a beginning. A space of possibility. A moment to be nurtured. We will return to Abuja, not as visitors, but as stewards of the seeds we planted together.
Follow our journey on Instagram, where we’ll be sharing glimpses of this work throughout the next couple of months.
[Featured Image Description: An outdoor photo with the founder of ÌMÍ Festival Oluwabukunmi Olukitibi (left), Organizer Akinlolu Oni (center) and Kayla Hamilton (right). They are all wearing the ÌMÍ Festival 2025 black t-shirt and signing “I love you”]