Dance · Choreography · Poetry · BGHRA conversations & teaching
Lauren Cox is a performer, choreographer, teacher, and poet whose work brings family history into dance and spoken word. Her TEDxAsburyPark performance, A Spark of Passion that Shaped a Lifetime (2018), tells the story of her grandparents, Elsa and Eugene, and how their relationship shaped subsequent generations.
Watch: A Spark of Passion that Shaped a Lifetime
Watch the performance on YouTube · TED’s performance description
TED credits the accompanying dancers Tyrone Bevans, Gabriella Sibeko, and Dana Wiener. The performance places movement and poetry in conversation with love, memory, and family across generations.
Lauren Cox & BGHRA
BGHRA’s audiovisual archive includes A Conversation with Lauren & Beatrice Cox. Lauren also joined the Davidson College course Black German Art & Resistance, co-taught by Emily Frazier-Rath and Rosemarie Peña, where students discussed her TEDx performance.
Watch BGHRA’s conversation with Lauren & Beatrice Cox · Read the Davidson course reflection
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