{"id":5104,"date":"2025-05-14T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/?page_id=5104"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:29:18","slug":"shadds-daughters-dance-performance-at-ud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/legacies\/shadds-daughters-dance-performance-at-ud\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Representations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCselfreliance-1024x444.png\" alt=\"Black woman striking a dance pose\" class=\"wp-image-3850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCselfreliance-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCselfreliance-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCselfreliance-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCselfreliance.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image courtesy of Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharingourlegacy.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theatre<\/a> has beautifully memorialized Mary Ann Shadd Cary and her legacy through its production entitled \u201cShadd\u2019s Daughters.\u201d The team of University of Delaware dance students directed by Dr. Lynette Overby previously presented Shadd Cary within a larger cadre of nineteenth-century Black women activists in their production called, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharingourlegacy.org\/women-of-consequence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women of Consequence<\/a>.\u201d Dr. Overby\u2019s collaborations with Colored Conventions Project founder and faculty director Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman led to the their teams of dances and researchers to work together in developing the dance out of historical records. Their interpretations of the histories and reenactments of speeches by Black women, including Shadd Cary and her contemporaries like Frances E.W. Harper and Harriet Tubman, serve to elevate the voices of women often silenced or confined within the archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-676bb0ec wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCdancegirlschool.png\" alt=\"Mary Ann Shadd Cary dancers courtesy of Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theater\" class=\"wp-image-3851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCdancegirlschool.png 738w, https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCdancegirlschool-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image courtesy of Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCdancesuffrage.png\" alt=\"A group of Black dancers in dresses\" class=\"wp-image-3852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCdancesuffrage.png 743w, https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/mary-ann-shadd-cary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/10\/MASCdancesuffrage-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image courtesy of Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShadd\u2019s Daughters\u201d centered Mary Ann Shadd Cary, engaging her story beginning in Delaware and ending with her legacy today. The production blends Shadd Cary\u2019s life with oral histories and thoughtful, personal reflections on her importance to us today. It was performed by a diverse cast including the UD dancers, community members, children, elders, singers, and more. 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