Eclipse 2021
More than 100 students participated in the multicultural dance show Eclipse on April 24, continuing a 46-year-old 51吃瓜黑料 tradition.
Choreographed, produced and performed entirely by students, the event featured hip hop, Afro-Caribbean and West African dance, contemporary dance, spoken word, music performance art and more.
鈥淓clipse is about community building with both past and current students of color,鈥� said Royalti Richardson 鈥�21, a sociology and Africana studies double major who served on the executive board for this year鈥檚 Eclipse.
Richardson co-choreographed, with Darriana Greer 鈥�21, who also served on the executive board, a 鈥渇usion of Afro-Caribbean and West African dance with some hip-hop elements.鈥� The piece connected to this year鈥檚 theme of Eclipse, 鈥�(R)evolution,鈥� because it showed that 鈥渢hroughout history, African culture has never truly disappeared, it has only changed its form,鈥� Richardson said.
Richardson also served as alumni coordinator for Eclipse, adding that four alumni participated: Adrienne Hawkins 鈥�76, Jermaine Doris 鈥�19, Kimberly Mitchell-Ince 鈥�20 and Alexandra Bernardo 鈥�20.
鈥淚 will look back on my time in Eclipse,鈥� said Richardson, 鈥渨ith a sense of pride and accomplishment because I did my part to help students of color feel seen and heard.鈥�
