Since earning her B.A. at NYU Rikki Amani is pursuing a Phd in Theater, Dance and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley where she will continue to focus on Performative Writing and Archival through the inherited objects of her grandmother, a singer, songwriter and nightlife performer. Rikki’s future project draws from her performance studies background to develop observations regarding Black American expressive cultures and aesthetic practitioners of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond by utilizing interdisciplinary theories and techniques found throughout the history of performance studies such as Affect Theory, Black Radical Tradition, as well as Black Feminist and Queer Theories.