Lela Aisha Jones, Assistant ůůֱ²¥ of Dance, Invited Guest for 'Deep Roots Bold Future'
Assistant ůůֱ²¥ of Dance Lela Aisha Jones will join Temple University ůůֱ²¥ Emerita and author of Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 6 p.m., for an installment of , a series of intergenerational conversations presented by the Painted Bride via Zoom. Visit the event page to
Lela Aisha Jones is a movement performance artist, an interdisciplinary collaborator, community-grounded organizer/curator, and the founding director of , her creative research home. She earned a B.S. in health science education from the University of Florida, an M.F.A. in dance from Florida State University, and a Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University. Learn more about Jones and the rest of the program's faculty on the Dance Program page.