Aisha and Charles
Seattle, WA + Montreal, QC
AISHA FUKUSHIMA is a Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Singer/Songwriter, and RAPtivist (rap activist). Fukushima founded RAPtivism (Rap Activism), a hip hop project spanning 20 countries and four continents, amplifying universal efforts for freedom and justice. She is a multilingual, multiracial African American Japanese woman who has done lectures and performances everywhere from the United States to France, Morocco, Japan, Germany, England, South Africa, Senegal, India, Denmark and beyond. Fukushima’s ‘RAPtivism’ work has been featured on Oprah Magazine, TEDx, KQED Public Television, The Seattle Times, TV 2M Morocco, The Bangalore Mirror, HYPE, South Africa’s #1 Hip Hop Magazine, and Tour highlights include performing for audiences of over 20,000 people in Nepal, speaking with the President of Estonia about the power of music to create change, and sharing stages with the likes of Bernie Sanders, Angela Davis, Emory Douglas (Black Panthers), KRS-One, Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride, The Isley Brothers, and M1 (Dead Prez). As a public speaker, Aisha combines the art of performance and lecture. In my keynotes she links themes such as hip hop, global citizenship, empowerment, feminism and cultural activism through storytelling as well as live musical performance.
Born and raised in New Caledonia from the vietnamese diaspora, Charles Brecard arrived in Tio’tia:ke / Montreal, Canada, in 2013 where he graduated in 2017 from Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal. He since collaborated with several local and international artists and festivals as a performer, choreographer, facilitator and pedagogue. His limitless curiosity drives him to develops his personal practice which he named FLUIDIFY, influenced by his background in street, folk and contemporary dances, and by his profession as a sports massage therapist. His works have been presented in New Brunswick, Quebec, France and Germany. The recent pandemic made him reflect for a more community-based and political approach of his art.
