Who we are
Threads of Truth (formerly VashtiDance Theater) was founded by its Artistic Director, Fatima Logan-Alston, in 2011. Since that time, the company has performed internationally at venues such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM Fishman Space, Brooklyn, NY) Paramount Theater (Boston, MA), Riverside Theater (New York, NY), the Dogtown Dance Theater (Richmond, VA), Jamaica Performing Arts Center (NY), Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (Bronx, NY), Aaron Davis Hall (NY, NY), Actor’s Fund Arts Center (Brooklyn, NY), Ailey Citigroup Theater (New York, NY), Jacob Javitz Center (NY), The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture (New York, NY), Manhattan Movement and Arts Center (New York, NY), Grounds for Sculpture ( Township, New Jersey) and Durham Arts Council (Durham, NC) and the International Association of Blacks in Dance Festival (Canada).
Threads of Truth has also presented performances and lecture-demonstrations at educational institutions including Borough of Manhattan Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Hunter College, Powhatan Arts Council, and the Powhatan Chapter of the NAACP. The company has collaborated with organizations and community partners such as Historic Hudson for their Pinkster Day Celebration and the Bronx Children’s Museum, the company has helped to delver arts, education, and community engagement programs that foster family and community unity. The company has performed at numerous dance festivals including the Harlem Arts Festival, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival,Waterside Plaza Dance Festival, Tribeca Family Arts Festival, Green Festival and the FAB Arts Festival.
Threads of Truth, exists to inspire and educate diverse communities through dance and music performances, visual arts workshops, and events that blend the vernacular, traditional, and classical, to create a contemporary perspective that is genuine and authentic. Threads of Truth’s programs feature a range of disciplines including live music, innovative dance works, and film in a dance theater experiences that is thought provoking and examines the fundamental essence of the human struggle, including self-realization, cultural and historical awareness, and a vision for a positive united society.
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Founder, Artistic Director
Fatima Logan-Alston, is an interdisciplinary artist and educator committed to engaging communities in exceptional artistic experiences that are interconnected with culture, history, and community. Her interdisciplinary work incorporates contemporary and traditional dance, live music, and visual arts. She has performed at national and international venues, including The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture (NY), Brooklyn Academy of Music, International Association of Blacks in Dance (Ontario, Canada), and the International African Diaspora Dance Traditions Conference (Salvador, Brazil). Her collaborators have included Ntozake Shange, Valerie Capers, and Bobby Sanabria. She has performed in the Curtain Up Broadway Festival, Lincoln Center Outdoors, and Adam Pendleton's film, So We Moved: A Portrait of Jack Halberstam.
Logan-Alston received her BFA in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University (Summa Cum Laude), and a MA in liberal arts from SUNY Old Westbury. Her residencies have included Long Island University Post, Hunter College, and Hostos Community College through the CUNY Dance Initiative. She has toured as a company member of the African-American Dance Ensemble under the direction of the late Chuck Davis and Forces of Nature Dance Theater, directed by Adbel Salaam. She is a recipient of the Disability Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship from the Ford Foundation, the UMEZ Seed for Dance Award, and has been awarded support from the New York Council for the Arts. She is an Adjunct Professor at SUNY Old Westbury and a teaching artist with Alvin Ailey Arts in Education and Community Programs
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Musical Director, Co-Executive Director
David Alston is a musician, composer, and educator, accomplished in world and classical percussion. A native of Durham, North Carolina, David began his musical journey studying Percussion and Cello at Durham School of the Arts and North Carolina Central University. David has toured with The African American Dance Ensemble and Urban Bush Women and has been a musician for many companies including Ballet Hispanico and The Ailey School. He has traveled to Hong Kong/Macau China, Tokyo, Japan, and Toronto, Canada, and has performed at Lincoln Center Outdoors. David has been a teaching artist with Bronx Children's Museum, Ethical Culture Fieldston, and has received awards for his original compositions.
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Dancer
Growing up in New Jersey, Tyler Brunson began her dance career at the Asbury Park Technical Academy of Dance and The Ballet of Performing Arts Ensemble. Brunson was recruited to be a Professional Trainee for the Joffrey Ballet School, being trained in their Jazz & Contemporary program and receiving her BFA in Fine Arts. Brunson had continued her training at the Paul Taylor American Modern Dance School in their Taylor Teen Ensemble. She has also trained and interned at the Limon Institute. Brunson has performed across the East Coast at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Dixon Place, Hershey Park, and Disney World.
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Patrice Golbourne, a Brooklyn native with a deep passion for dance and community. Embracing her Caribbean heritage, she was inspired by African Diaspora dance, leading her to pursue a performing arts career. Ms. Golbourne is dedicated to honing her skills, techniques and growing as a performer. She is thrilled to be a part of Threads of Truth.
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Kenneth Winfrey was born and raised in the Bronx. He’s studied dance for ten years, focusing on ballet. As a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, he's had the opportunity to work with many choreographers such as Michael Thomas, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Andrea Miller and Adam Barruch. On top of performing with the Michael Mao Dance Company at the Ailey CitiGroup Theater, he's performed for fashion designers and visual artists. He is also a ballet, contemporary and creative movement instructor who has taught throughout New York City, Long Island and New Jersey. description
