A Soft Place to Land an interdisciplinary dance performance by Jessica Featherson, that explores and embodies a personal and collective memoir of black female identity, considering all of the many layers, depths, complexities, and traditions that shape and define who they are and who they are becoming. It is a love letter to black women. An ode to the transformative healing power of sisterhood and communal care. Reflecting on historical and contemporary meanings of radical self-care and collective identity, viewers are taken on a journey to revolutionary self-love and  transcendence.

This reimagined work originally premiered in 2019 at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University as part of Featherson’s culminating MFA thesis project at Mason Gross School of the Arts. A Soft Place to Land is embodied research that addresses the topics, themes, and questions examined in my dissertation (Beyond Survival) Black Female Identity: An Embodied Practice of Inquiry, Healing,and Magic Making.

This work is supported by the Dance Place Co-Presentation Series.