Dec 15th 2019

Chississippi Mixtape

@ Stony Island Arts Bank

6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649

Opening Sunday, December 15th, from 3PM - 5PM

“The Chississippi Mixtape” is a tribute to the voyage of the artist’s late Grandmother and mother from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago.

The Chississippi Mixtape is a montage of choreographed and improvised movement created and produced by 2018 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist and Rebuild Foundation dancer in residence Ayesha Jaco. Featuring the sounds and performances of Damon Locks and Move Me Soul, coupled with various images and oral histories, the suite chronicles the voyage of Jaco’s late grandmother and mother from the Mississippi Delta as sharecroppers to Chicago during the 2nd and 3rd waves of the Great Migration.

This performance is free and open to the public, please RSVP.

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