Jawole zollar biography

Choreographer, dancer

Began Dance Training

Founded Dance Troupe

Won Numerous Awards

High Demand as Lecturer

Selected Works

Sources

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is the choreographer and artistic director of Urban Bush Women, a primarily New York-based ensemble of dancers who blend contemporary idioms and the folklore and spiritual traditions of African Americans to create dance/music/theater works that celebrate the struggle, growth, transformation, and survival of the human spirit.

The troupe has been described as a blend of modern and jazz choreography, Caribbean and African Rhythms, tribal chants, gospel testifying, and ghetto swagger. The Urban Bush Women dance to percussive music and their own stomping, claps, and street speech—often concerning homelessness, oppression, and survival.

Zollar’s dances reflect a variety of heritages in our multi-ethnic society. “The melting pot will be supplanted by a gumbo pot,” she to