Please join us for the opening of emBLADy: embodying the blad {homeland}, a powerful new exhibition by Algerian-American dance artist Esraa Warda that examines the questions: What can we learn about a person’s story and their people, culture, and history from observing their dance and movements? Can the knowledge stored in the body be preserved as an artifact as meaningfully as a written record?

In collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Muyassar Kurdi, Warda filmed and photographed six Algerian women dancing in their homes, revealing intimate embodied stories. Exhibit audiences will also have the opportunity to learn Algerian traditional dance forms through Warda’s video tutorials within the space.

You are invited to observe the power of muscle memory as a practice of cultural remembrance in New York City.

Opening Reception:

Friday, April 17, 2026

6 – 8pm

City Lore Gallery

56 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003

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