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PRESS, REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

FILM, ANIMATION, AFROFUTURISM, HIP-HOP STUDIES, VISUAL CULTURE, OTHER INTERVIEWS & EVENTS

The Phillips Collection
Conversations with Artists at the Phillips Collection (DC). Video
https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2022-04-14-tewodross-williams

Bowie State student moonwalks away with Tony Award for portrayal of Michael Jackson
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/maryland-myles-frost-dances-off-with-lead-actor-in-musical-crown-at-tony-awards-2022-bowie-state-king-of-pop/65-19f5722c-cfd4-4896-a487-aea16ab4ef8f?fbclid=IwAR1xrbBJyZdhuGNECwJDyQu-2eZqgjdmvpUdAGB816SS_48B-tIoep54Plw

BSU Does Broadway Interview with Tony Award winner and BSU Student, Myles Frost Video

Laika (Animation Studio) featured post on Tewodross Williams on Linked In: Inhttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6944410655919673344/

NBC 4 (DC)
I Am Woman: A Celebration of Women in Hip-Hop at the Kennedy Center, Interview with MC Sha-Rock and Teo M. Williams
Video

ABC WJLA-7/News Channel 8
Good Morning Washington: Bowie State University: Spotlight on Hip Hop Studies and Interview
https://wjla.com/good-morning-washington/bowie-state-university-spotlight-on-hip-hop-studies?fbclid=IwAR1WtIswnzQ0-uvU3Pnxu7oUimFz_nBsW1kNU4RT8Z-RAy7NohGwYUEsxvg

ANIMATION WORLD NEWS
https://www.awn.com/news/laika-teams-bowie-state-university-stop-motion-animation-studio

OPB
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/06/laika-teams-up-with-hbcu-for-first-of-its-kind-animation-studio/

DEADLINE
https://deadline.com/2021/02/laika-bowie-state-stop-motion-animation-studio-hbcu-1234684598/

The Grio
https://thegrio.com/2021/02/05/bowie-state-animation-studio/

Business Wire
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210201005961/en/LAIKA-Teams-up-with-Bowie-State-University-to-Build-First-HBCU-Stop-Motion-Animation-Studio

Capital Gazette
https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/bowie/ac-cn-laika-stop-animation-studio-bowie-state-hbcu-20210211-hger55dd25d6bgkecdf2m3lwni-story.html

Prince George's Arts and Humanities Council
http://pgahc.org/2018/07/19/the-future-according-to-teo/

PG Suite
http://www.pgsuite.com/partiessocial/2018/2/20/party-of-oneness

The Ford's Theatre Blog
https://www.fords.org/blog/post/afrofuturism-and-the-wiz/

ABC WJLA-7/News Channel 8
WJLA-7/News Channel 8/Good Day Washington interview w/Teo Melchishua Williams, “Bowie State to Offer 1st Minor in Hip-Hop Studies”: http://wjla.com/news/lets-talk/bowie-state-to-offer-1st-minor-in-hip-hop-studies

The Source Magazine
http://thesource.com/2014/03/26/one-mic-hip-hop-culture-worldwide-festival-kicks-off-with-a-bang/

Washington City Paper
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/blog/20971319/rip-cool-disco-dan

Watch the Yard
https://www.watchtheyard.com/colleges/bowie-state-university-is-now-offering-a-minor-in-hip-hop-studies
 
The Atlanta Black Star
http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/02/26/ava-duvernay-sought-approval-hollywood-now-shes-blazing-pat

Colorlines
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/bowie-states-new-hip-hop-studies-minor-makes-us-want-go-back-school

The Madison Times
http://themadisontimes.themadent.com/article/symbols-are-important-black-america/

Alan King
https://alanwking.com/2009/09/18/forum-discusses-hip-hops-rites-of-passage

Voice of America News
https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2004-02-11-18-black/391032.html

Model View Culture
https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/towards-an-afrofuturist-narrative-tech-mythology-and-the-africas

M3: MCS, MICS AND METAPHORS (exhibition curated by T. Melchishua):

NBC Washington
http://www.nbcwashington.com/the-scene/archive/MCs-Mics-and-Metaphors-.html

Brightest Young Things
https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/photos-m3-mcs-mics-metaphors-opening-flashpoint

Soulbounce
http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2009/07/m3_mcs_mics_metaphors_gives_visual_insight_into_the_master_of_ceremonies

PROJECTION DESIGN/THEATRE

DC Metro Theater Arts 2018 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Overall Productions in Professional Theater
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/12/21/dcmta-2018-staff-favorites-outstanding-overall-productions-in-professional-theater/

DC Theatre Scene “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
https://dctheatrescene.com/2018/12/17/review-driving-miss-daisy-at-anacostia-playhouse/?fbclid=IwAR0mFkoFmrhFWfDkPqgAfhcZwpi9xFUjuxflmOTWCWvUeRFfILXA3DhC0V0

DC Metro Theater Arts Review “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/12/16/review-driving-miss-daisy-at-anacostia-playhouse/?fbclid=IwAR0wGc-iE-GfAjyBPZXyLPWV15qVt4hv0bVLdYA4zjOCh_FxgXfph43jLBQ

Broadway World (DC) "HAPPY ENDING"
https://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/BWW-Review-HAPPY-ENDING-at-Anacostia-Playhouse-20180814

MD Theatre Review: "HAPPY ENDING"
https://mdtheatreguide.com/2018/08/theatre-review-happy-ending-at-anacostia-playhouse/

DC Metro Theatre Arts "HAPPY ENDING"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/08/12/review-happy-ending-at-anacostia-playhouse/

DC Metro Theater Arts   "A NEW NATION"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/07/10/review-guerrilla-theater-works-a-new-nation-by-convergence-theatre/

The Afro   "Record Store 24 (RS24)"
http://www.afro.com/wire-stage-clayton-lebouefs-new-play-spins-vinyl-healing-force/

The Kennedy Center " ONE MIC HIP-HOP WORLDWIDE"
http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/A106674

DC Metro Theater Arts "CINDERELLA THE REMIX"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2014/04/15/cinderella-remix-imagination-stage1/

The Washington Post    "PITMEN PAINTERS"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-1st-stages-lively-pitmen-painters-men-are-proficient-with-ax-and-brush/2013/09/25/66576192-260c11e3-9372-92606241ae9c_story.html?utm_term=.0c5c6bbb4246

DC Theater Arts     "NACIREMA"
https://dctheatrescene.com/2011/06/16/nacirema

DC Metro Theater Arts   "THE FRESHEST SNOW WHYTE"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2017/02/12/review-freshest-snow-whyte-imagination-stage/

The Maryland Theatre Guide   "CAESAR AND DADA"
https://mdtheatreguide.com/2013/07/theatre-review-caesar-dada-by-wsc-avant-bard-at-catholic-university-callan-theatre/

The DCist  "PAIGE IN FULL"
http://dcist.com/2013/08/dcist_interview_paige_hernandez-fun.php

The Couch Sessions "PAIGE IN FULL"
http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2010/06/theatre-review-paige-in-full-she-aint-no-joke-joke-joke-joke/

SHAOLIN JAZZ/SOUND PATTERNS

Shaolin Jazz | Hip-Hop in Ethiopia Panel - Busboys & Poets, Washington, DC:
https://gmoney77.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/shaolin-jazz-in-ethiopia-panelist-tewodross-melchishua/

http://shaolinjazz.com/sound-patterns/