BODY PRAYERS

Body Prayers Aesthetic - a poly - realmic practice that utilized, Dance, Meditation, Talawa Technique, American Sign Language, and Self - Love techniques to help self- regulate Healing for Self and Community. Body Prayers centralized Black women who have experienced sexual trauma/exploitation, incarcerated spaces, and Artists. This practice serves as a tool to RECLAIM our Bodies and Heal.

MEET THE ARTIST:

DEJAJOELLE is an African-centered healing artist, choreographer, director, and cultural healing curator. She believes dance serves as our connection to ourselves, our communities, and our overall divinity. DejaJoelle creates intentional spaces for Black, LGBTQ2, and Deaf community to discover their own practices toward healing using dance, body reclamation, and other healing practices. As the world experiences collective hurt and grief, DejaJoelle trusts that our greatest act of REVOLUTION and REBELLION against hatred and corruption is self-love and healing. As she refuses to fuel the fire of destruction and heinousness, she instead focuses her art and energy on properly handling Black people who continue to be mishandled.