Red Stowall

Red Stowall
Quarantine ChronicleS

“Quarantine Chronicles” is a series of dance for film exploring daily chores and home improvement that Stowall has adapted during quarantine. The Dance for film centers around routine and practicability. Activities Stowall took for granted such as sitting down to eat at the dinner table, cleaning the house, playing with her cats, or decorating the house now embody her everyday movements. This piece was made in collaboration with Julia Yezbick

This film livestreamed on Sidewalk Detroit and Kresge Art in Detroit's Facebook pages on Thursday, August 13th at 7pm. It can be watched below.

Erika ‘Red’ Stowall is an award-winning artist in dance and choreography residing in Detroit, MI. Red teaches in the Metro-Detroit area as a certified Dance instructor, K-12. She is a recipient of the Kresge Artist Fellowship, Applebaum’s Emerging Artist Award as well as Fulbright Hays GPA Study Abroad grant, awarded through the University of Detroit Mercy. Red uses her classical training combined with her background in West African dance as the foundation of her work. Her work is based on her life in Detroit, representation of Black stories, and advocating for Black women’s voices. Red sees her art as a calling and is passionate about creating performance pieces, which invite conversation on safe spaces for Women of Color, restoration, and positive narrative/images of Black communities. Red is the founder and current Artistic Director of Big Red Wall Dance Company. The company has been active since 2011.