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Baba Stafford creates embodied epistemologies for contemporary African and African American culture, while holding space for the works and identities of various Black, LGBTQIA+, and other disempowered, yet powerful communities.

Photos courtesy of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and African American Arts Institute

UBUNTU / I am because we are.

UBUNTU / I am because we are.

Photo by Mia Beach

Baba Stafford C. Berry, Jr. is an accomplished artist, educator, activist, and scholar of African-rooted dance, theatre, and aesthetics with an extensive background in arts and education.

Work with Baba Stafford

Areas of expertise and services include choreography and dancemaking, teaching and lecturing, moderating and serving on panels, and reviewing grants and choreographic research.