Anna Evans-Goldstein takes a second with Ballet After Darkish Founder and CEO Tyde-Courtney Edwards and Afro Charities Government Director Savannah Wooden, all former classmates at The Baltimore College for the Arts. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)
By James Fields
Ballet After Darkish, the Baltimore nonprofit that makes use of dance to deal with trauma, held their vacation dinner for group members, volunteers and beneficiaries on the Eubie Blake Heart on Dec. 6. The night time was led by Mistress of Ceremony Tracie Jiggetts, and included a number of performances.
Poet Mecca Verdell supplied her sage phrases in honor of the group, based by Tyde-Courtney Edwards, who at the moment serves as CEO. The group was fashioned as a means to assist ladies heal from sexual assault utilizing quite a lot of types of dance, from ballet to jazz and hip hop. Edwards spoke to these gathered and disclosed a serious announcement: Ballet After Darkish has secured a a million greenback grant to additional heal members of the group by way of motion.
Tyde-Courtney Edwards is founder and CEO of Ballet After Darkish. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Khy (left) and Zorah Simon (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Mistress of Ceremony Tracie Jiggetts (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Kalin Schultz (left), Walida Colon and Robin Lee (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Mila Mitchell (entrance, left) and Zuri Mitchell (entrance, proper) benefit from the occasion with Iris Jay (again, left), Gene Kelly and Tempest Mitchell. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Beionka Scruggs (left) and Monte Huggins attend the 2024 vacation dinner. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Kyaira Ware is govt director of Black Ladies Profit, a company that works to offer free psychological well being providers. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Briana Thomas is a dancer with Ballet After Darkish. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Isaiah Williams (left), a visitor of Ballet After Darkish dancer Nalani Brown, reveals help for the group. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)Jordan Stanford, a Ballet After Darkish dancer (left) and Poet Mecca Verdell share a second on the Ballet After Darkish vacation dinner and fundraiser. (AFRO Photograph/James Fields)
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