About the Artist

Esther Baker (MA, MFA UCLA) is a choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, parent, educator, and massage therapist. She co-organizes projects that are multidisciplinary, site-responsive, and collectively derived; aiming for an ethic of shared leadership and decolonizing practices. She recently performed at NJafane Festival and La Ville En Mouv’ment in Dakar, Senegal. In April she organized Lenape Sippu: call her by her name, an Earthday event with Painted Bride and the year prior with Philadelphia Contemporary at Washington Avenue Green with dance, drumming, storytelling, free chair massages, and a litter pick-up alongside Lenape Sippu/Delaware River. She is co-founder of Propelled Animals, MAP Grant, USAI Grant recipients, and incubated artist at Headlong. She is part of the Interdisciplinary Artist Consortium and is an Adjunct at Temple University. She performed at Palmerin Festival, Senegal, The Schuylkill Center, ArtYard NJ, No New Idols Festival in Riga, Latvia, Lynden Sculpture Gardens, The Englert Theater, Wassaic Festival NY, InsideOut Festival, Burkina Faso, and Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh.

BAMBA DIAGNE is a visual artist and dancer based in Dakar, Senegal. He worked with multiple artists in the cadre of the Biennale of Dakar. He also collaborated with Keur Thiossane Marion Sylla in a project of OIM (organization internationale des immigrants) which created installations in the régions of Senegal. He danced for ten years with Cie 1ere Temps by Andreya Ouamba and Fatou Cissé. He worked with Propelled Animals in La Ville en Mouv’ment. He presented solo ''Contraint'' in the Cool jam festival in Casablanca and Rabat. He performed at the French Institute Creation “Le Bal du Cercle” at Pavillon Noir and Festival D’Avignon. He presented “TOXU” at Belluard Bollwerk festival Switzerland. He worked with Studio Kabako and Cie Panaibra. He is a batik artist and studied at Soumbédioune Art School in Dakar.

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