B.L.A.C.K. Speaker Series — SevanKelee

B.L.A.C.K. Speaker Series

Brilliant. Lives. Acknowledged. Color. And Knowledge.

Presented by Mills College Dance and Theater Studies Department and Office of the Provost.

Hailing from East Palo Alto, SevanKelee is a San Francisco-Bay Area poet and performance artist. Over the past decade, SevanKelee has graced stages from the De Young Museum to Marsh Theater, captivated audiences at Los Angeles’ premiere slam poetry festival, and represented myriad Bay Area slam teams competitively. In 2014, she held the distinction of carrying the Grand Slam Champion title for four different teams simultaneously—San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, and Palo Alto. Her poem, “Cucumber,” has been featured on HBO’s Real Sex since 2000. Boult’s works have probed body image, queerness, and trauma. In this exchange, the artist and host Jazmine Freeman will discuss Boult’s œuvre and the impacts of systemic racism. 

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About Host Jazmine Freeman
Trained in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and modern and African dance, Jazmine Freeman is a performer and dance instructor from Atlanta, Georgia. Today, Freeman dances with the Mills College Repertory Company in Oakland and the Adinkra Dance Project in Atlanta. Prior to the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place mandate, Freeman also taught students at Oakland’s HEAT Danceline, where she served as the head jazz instructor. Before coming to Mills to pursue a master’s in fine arts in the College’s graduate dance program, Freeman captained the Morehouse College Dance Team, Mahogany N Motion, and completed her BA in Drama & Dance from Spelman College, where she choreographed the Miss Spelman Pageant and the Homecoming Step-Show.

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