Company Auditions
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Location: Iris Rosa Dance Studio, 1145 E. 22nd Street, Indianapolis
Auditions will include a class and short combination led by director Iris Rosa. We will be focusing on expression and storytelling through your movement. No need to prepare a routine. Come ready to dance, express, and share with the company.
Please complete the short interest form by clicking the button below, and we’ll email you more information.
Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company (SNBSDC) utilizes a fusion of dance genres and expressions to tell stories and explore political, social and cultural narratives, as well as lived experiences of people in the African Diaspora.
Founded and Directed by Iris Rosa Santiago, SNBSDC is housed within the Iris Rosa Dance Studio in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Watch Pathways/Caminos: A New Works Commission
Seda Nega/Black Silk Dance Company performed “Pathways/Caminos” for the New Works Premiere on June 1, 2024, at The Tarkington in Carmel, Indiana. Iris Rosa Santiago was awarded this distinguished artist commission through the New Works Project presented by the Center For Performing Arts.
The Company
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Camille Beck
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Kelvin Burzon
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Hannah Crane
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Amber D.
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Cherese Dillman
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Grace Fornefeld
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Ronald King
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Jayna Ratcliff
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Amelia Smith
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Briony Towler
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Jiang Xu 江凝旭
Photos by Kelvin Burzon
Iris Rosa Santiago, Artistic Director
Iris Rosa Santiago was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, and raised in East Chicago, Indiana. She is a Professor Emerita in the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the former and founding Director of the African American Dance Company (1974–2017) at Indiana University Bloomington.
Her specializations include teaching dance technique, history and choreography from the perspective of the African American and African Diaspora and bridging the contemporary modern dance genre with African diaspora dance forms. Rosa has studied, researched, presented and taught dance in Ghana, Dominican Republic, Ivory Coast, Havana, Matanzas and Guantanamo, and Santiago, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica and Beijing, China. She has worked as a choreographer, dancer and actor on many community projects in Indianapolis at the Phoenix Theatre, Civic Theatre, Madame Walker Theatre Center and the Jazz Kitchen.
Rosa is the artistic director of Sancocho: Music and Dance Collage and Seda Negra/Black Silk, ensembles dedicated to researching and performing African influenced dance and music from the Caribbean and Latin America.
Rosa opened Iris Rosa Dance Studio in May 2022 in Indianapolis to expose the community to the rich diversity of dance and music from the African and African American diaspora.
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Performances and activities are entirely funded by the company. Expenses include venue rental, costume materials and construction, technical staffing and equipment, marketing, and various other expenses to make this show possible. Please make a donation of any amount to help us continue sharing dance with the community.
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Donations are accepted via PayPal. If you do not have a PayPal account or prefer to use a different payment method, please email info@irisrosadance.com.
Please note donations are not tax-deductible.
Photos by Kelvin Burzon and Gary Watson