Dance company ensemble performing 'Been Ready' at PICA
Photo: Jingzi Zhao

PRESS

“The Sounds of Afrolitical Movement” is like nothing you have seen before.

Oregon Arts Commission, 6/13/2023 - OAC Facebook

This groundbreaking, newly devised show takes you on a journey through the many forms of protest and resistance.

A captivating and immersive exploration, told through the rhythms and movements of the African diaspora, this production works through seven powerful movements.

Review: ‘The Sounds of Afrolitical Movement’

Oregon Arts Watch, 6/22/2023 - Hannah Krafcik

Through music, movement, and history, this ambitious endeavor affirmed that we all have power to levy in the collective quest for racial justice.

Rejoice! finds community in ‘A Midsummer Night at the Savoy’

Oregon ArtsWatch, 11/2/2018 - Heather Wisner

“Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theater has created something that feels both timely—touching on race and migration, two issues at the forefront of America’s collective consciousness—and timeless, in that it hopscotches across countries and eras.”

“show[s] dance not just as a performative art form, but as a historical builder of culture and community.”

​Shakespeare meets the Harlem Renaissance in new dance production​

The Oregonian/ OregonLive, 10/30/2018 - Amy Wang

Diversity dances: Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theater

Oregon ArtsWatch, 4/30/2018 - Elizabeth Whelan

“Bold companies like Rejoice! and strong leaders like Akinjiola are needed to bring the perspective of people of color to the contemporary stage. Just as relentlessly as the dancers kept up with the ongoing beat of the drums they moved to, the company relentlessly works toward representing the world of those marginalized and oppressed.”

Expressing Diversity through Dance

PSU Vanguard, 2/25/2020 - Adira Freitgeist

“profoundly emotional and deeply personal”

What audiences are saying

"powerful reminder of self responsibility in our collective experience"

(Uprise - Fall 2018)

"Despite rough times, reminding me of the joy and hope available in my everyday existence"

(Uprise - Fall 2018)

"This performance helped move my anxiety and sadness of the current political environment into the creative energy you made. It felt healing and made me feel amped to help create change."

(Uprise - Fall 2018)

"a strange beauty in grief... Say a name"

(Uprise - Fall 2018)

"This show is important"

(Uprise - Fall 2018)