pubic: of, related to, or situated near the pubes or pubis

PSA, Pubic Service Announcement, is a call and response. 

Dance, humor, and other liberatory practices initiate a dialogue between the bodies currently and formerly inhabiting the space, revealing an accumulation of selves. Rooted in blackness and steeped in spontaneity, this work invites tangible histories and amorphous memories to surface. These radical acts of resistance are compositional activations that aim to disrupt the crippling systems of capitalism, patriarchy, and war. As our government and global powers continue to fund genocide, militarization, and surveillance, the targeting and brutalizing of QTBIPOC communities has increased exponentially, ultimately limiting our freedoms and censoring our voices. PSA centers storytelling and oral composites, amplifying connection, introduction, interruption, lineage, and relationship.

Ariana Speight is a contemporary dance artist invested in researching the curiosities of life through various mediums. She has worked with a number of artists: Kayla Farrish, Joanna Kotze, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Kyle Marshall, Anna Sperber, and Jessie Young. She has performed at BAAD, BAX, Chelsea Factory, Coffey Street, CPR, Dancewave, Danspace, Lincoln Center Hearst Plaza, NYLA, Pageant, Roulette, The Shed, Irondale, The Tank, Webster Hall, among others. As a maker, she has shared many solos including: endearing indifference, loading... <all systems functioning>, an introduction, morph, the call, Vent & Drain and VENTing. As a 2024 CPR AiR, she presented an OPEN LAB: DIGITAL ARCHIVE and OPEN AiR: cocoon. Venturing into standup comedy, she was most notably featured in the Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest. She most recently shared work in the Performance Mix Festival #39 and AUNTS Festival. She graduated from Rutgers University - NB with a BFA in Dance. @arianamariespeight