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KENNESAW, Ga. | Nov 3, 2023

"Borders" features a scene with flashlights that exemplify a universal search for meaning, says dancer Caleb Joyner, foregrounded here at a rehearsal last week.

Applying for a U.S. visa to work with Kennesaw State University students, Senegalese choreographer Kaolack received yet another reminder about the relevance of his work. 

Kaolack, whose artistic name is derived from the town of his birth north of The Gambia, was delayed in getting here, forcing the first of his interactive sessions with the KSU Dance Company to take place via Zoom. 

It was just the latest example in his own life of how borders 鈥� coincidentally the title of the new piece he designed for KSU students to perform 鈥�  can place artificial barriers in the way of interpersonal exchange, with uneven applications depending on one鈥檚 race or nationality. 

鈥淔or me it was very important to extend people鈥檚 narrow vision of what they know about the world 鈥� the white way of seeing the Black African body,鈥� says Kaolack.

Borders is a new work created for Sage, a contemporary showcase from the Department of Dance at KSU鈥檚 College of the Arts, set to take place on the evenings of Nov. 10-11.