Daughter in the Soil
Reequal Smith artist residency at This Town is Small
This Town Is Small is partnering with the Black Cultural Society on an artist residency that provides a Black Island-based artist dedicated time for rest, reflection, and creative process. From March 6–8, artist Reequal Smith will be in Cardigan, PEI, developing her new choreographic work, Daughter in the Soil.
Daughter in the Soil is an investigation into the relationship between women, land, and resistance in the Caribbean diaspora. Drawing from Afro-Caribbean movement forms such as Bahamian Folklore, Calypso Fusion, and gestures inspired by Indigenous Taíno Areíto traditions, the work reflects on how Caribbean women have historically used ritual, farming, herbal knowledge, and dance as acts of survival and anti colonial resistance.
Smith is a multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and cultural leader from the Bahamas, now based on Prince Edward Island. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Oshun Dance Studios, where she fuses Caribbean traditions with contemporary movement to create spaces of celebration and reclamation for Black and Caribbean communities.