Skidmore and Union Colleges Announce Collaborative Dance Residency
Baye & Asa, “The Bank.” Photo courtesy of the artists.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Skidmore and Union colleges will co-host a two-day residency with acclaimed dance duo Baye & Asa on Oct. 29 and 30. Both events are free and open to the public. No registration is required.
• Advanced beginner/intermediate dance technique class: 5–6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, Henle Dance Pavilion, Union College.
• Film screening and discussion: 7:30–8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, Old Chapel, Union College. Featuring Baye & Asa’s short film “Second Seed,” followed by a discussion moderated by James A. de Sève, artist-in-residence and co-director of Union’s film studies program.
Baye & Asa is a movement-based performance company led by Amadi “Baye” Washington and Sam “Asa” Pratt, childhood friends from New York City. Their shared educational history is the mother of their work with Hip Hop and African dance languages as the foundation of their technique and informing the way they confront contemporary dance, theater, and film. Recent honors include a 2025 choreography fellowship from the New York State Foundation for the Arts, Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” and the Harkness Promise Award.