Are you a fan of dance? Discover Blondell Cummings. Throughout the 1970s and '80s, postmodern choreographer and video artist Blondell found poetry and beauty in the universal rhythms of life (cooking, cleaning, food and family) and translating them into mesmerizing works of art. Modern dance of the early 20th century explored abstract dance or choreography that focused on the abstract human experience instead of a literal plot. Cummings moved into post-modernism by adding a sense of place to her choreography, as well as by integrating other forms of art. Cummings's best-known work is "Chicken Soup" from 1981. In the work she transformed her memories of her grandmother's kitchen into a performance that conjured both the emotion and physicality of time spent cooking with her family. Discover this work and more in the first-ever retrospective exhibition on Cummings and her unique approach to dance and Black life. "Blondell Cummings: Dance as Moving Pictures" is on view at artandpra...