About Baye & Asa

Baye & Asa is a company creating movement art projects directed and choreographed by Amadi “Baye” Washington and Sam “Asa” Pratt. They grew up together in NYC, and that shared educational history is the mother of their work. Hip Hop and African dance languages are the foundation of their technique. The rhythms of these techniques inform the way they energetically confront contemporary dance, theater and film. They’ve presented our work at The Joyce Theater, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Pioneer Works, The 92nd Street Y, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jacob’s Pillow, ODC, b12 festival, Blacklight Summit and Battery Dance Festival. They were selected as one of Dance Magazine’s "25 to Watch" for 2022, and are recipients of Dance Magazine’s 2023 Harkness Promise Award. They’ve created works for repertory companies including The Martha Graham Dance Company, BODYTRAFFIC and Alvin Ailey II. Their film work has won numerous awards and has been presented internationally.

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photo: Umi Akiyoshi