Haint Blu

Conceived, directed and choreographed by Urban Bush Women Co-Artistic Directors Chanon Judson & Mame Diarra Speis, Haint Blu is an ensemble dance-theater work seeped in memory and magic. Known as the color that Southern families paint their front porches to ward off bad spirits, Haint Blu uses performance as a center and source of healing, taking us through movement into stillness and rest: remembering, reclaiming, releasing and restoring. It is an embodied look into familial lines and the movements, histories and stories of our elders and ancestors. It reflects on what has been lost across generations and what can be recovered. Haint Blu takes us to the magical place where spirits share their legacies, journey onward and leave the thick residue of their knowing behind.

Haint Blu takes audiences through non-traditional performance spaces and geographical sites chosen in collaboration with community and presenting partners. Honoring and absorbing local history, each Haint Blu performance is a site-specific container of moments unique to that community.