06/09/2026
Join us for an ASL-interpreted performance of “The Journey of ReOrientation: A Parable of NOW” by Deep Waters Dance Theater/amara tabor-smith on Saturday, June 27, taking place at East Side Arts Alliance.
Thank you to Urban Jazz Dance Company for creating this ASL vlog to share with the community!
Tickets- $20 (NOTAFLOF): https://bit.ly/Parable-of-Now
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Video length: 2 minutes 38 seconds
Vlogger: April Scott, Afro-American female with short black hair, hoop earrings, a red scarf, and white shirt against a gradient blue and sea green background.
Opening Slide: Performance Flyer top center of four black performers sitting and standing on the shores of a bay, wearing traditional garments in red and white, and looking off into the distance. Top left in white text “The Journey of Re-Orientation: A Parable of Now. Deep Waters Dance Theater. Amara tabor-smith.” White LAIR (Live Art In Resistance) logo top right. Eastside Arts Alliance logo overlays the 2nd performer’s leg to the left. Interpreter, audio description, and NAKA theater logo lower right corner of flyer. Below the flyer, a pale red text “ASL Vlog with April Scott” appears. The CC, interpreter and UJDC logos appear in the corners of the slide.
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April: Hello! I want to invite you to The Journey of Re-Orientation: A Parable of NOW by Deep Waters Dance Theater and amara tabor-smith. The performance is Saturday, June 27th at 5 PM [a gray text box appears top left corner “2277 International Blvd, Oakland, CA”] at Eastside Arts Alliance in Oakland. ASL interpretation is provided, and it is wheelchair accessible.
Slide Show ID: A dark blue and dark green background with photos 1. Group photo of five black women and a small child wearing black, red and white embracing each other, with tall trees and a blue sky in the background. 2. four black women sitting and standing on the shores of a bay, wearing traditional garments in red and white, and looking off into the distance. 3. A woman holding a child wearing white and red while standing on a rocky shore of a bay. Behind them is a clear blue sky with a flock of birds flying above them.
Transcript Cont’d:
April: This is a performance, a ritual space, and a gathering. It invites people to slow down, listen, and reconnect with the wisdom carried in our bodies, our communities, and our ancestors. In a time of climate crisis and political chaos, it asks how we can find our way, heal, and move forward together with Ancestral Wisdom. This work is part of a larger multi-year project called The Parables of NOW. It is shaped by community stories, collective ritual, African and Indigenous mythologies, Bible verses, and Black feminist invocation. If this speaks to you, you are welcome. Please come. Tickets are $20, with NOTAFLOF available. For tickets and more information, check the link below. https://bit.ly/Parable-of-Now. Hope to gather with you there!
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Closing slide: A pink and purple gradient background with graphics of pink and yellow orange gradient bubbles, gray circles, transparent collection of dots in a cube shape and neon white collection of dots in a circle shape. In a large yellow circle with a white border in the upper center of the screen is the UJDC logo. Below in yellow and white text: “ASL Vlog created by Urban Jazz Dance Company Access Services. Vlogger: April Scott.” On the bottom from left to right in yellow and white text: “www.realurbanjazzdance.com. .”
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