On Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 at the Jo Long Theatre in San Antonio, TX, the Leah Glenn Dance Theatre (LGDT) will present a tribute to Nikki Giovanni with a powerful evening of dance, poetry and imagery. This vibrant concert will weave contemporary dance with evocative poetry of Giovanni’s and other members of the Wintergreen Women Writers Collective, accompanied by the bold visual art of Steve Prince and an original score by Grammy-nominated composer Hannibal Lokumbe. Wintergreen Women, including Joanne Gabbin and Opal Moore, will be participating in the performance.

Leah Glenn is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Dance at William & Mary as well as the Founder and Artistic Director of Leah Glenn Dance Theatre (LGDT). With a mission to cultivate a greater understanding of the world in which we live through works that inspire and challenge audiences, LGDT has presented concerts at the Katzen Museum, Dance Place, the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and the ASWAD (Association for the Study of Worldwide African Diaspora) Conference. After joining the faculty at William & Mary in 2006, Glenn has presented reconstructions of Pearl Primus’ Bushasche Etude, the Parsons Etude, and Donald McKayle's Rainbow Etude. From 2020-2023, Glenn was awarded the Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Professor of Dance and Africana Studies at William & Mary.