Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, Urban Bush Women (UBW), is a Brooklyn-based performance ensemble and dance company under the artistic direction of Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis (UBW Co-Artistic Directors). Founded in 1984 by choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, UBW seeks to bring the untold and under-told histories and stories to light through dance. We do this from a woman-centered perspective and as members of the African Diaspora community in order to create a more equitable balance of power in the dance world and beyond.

We continue to use dance as both the message and the medium to bring together diverse audiences through innovative choreography, community collaboration and artistic leadership development