Red Clay Dance Company, Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
In this new work, Red Clay Dance Company’s Founding Artistic Director and CEO Vershawn Sanders-Ward offers a creative response to Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar through dance and storytelling, honoring this living altar to missing and murdered Black girls and women. Featuring the award-winning ensemble of Red Clay Dance Company and new music by Jamila Woods, this immersive, evening-length choreographic work serves as a sanctuary for the stories of the women and girls featured on the altar—blending dance, song, digital media, and built environment to create a profound and resonant experience.
The original Blackgirlhood Altar, assembled by A Long Walk Home artists Scheherazade Tillet and Robert Narcisco, is a mixed-media, object-based installation initially created to transform public spaces from trauma sites to collective remembering and power. The living altar honors eight Black women and girls: Rekia Boyd, Latasha Harlins, Ma’Khia Bryant, “Hope,” “Harmony,” Marcie Gerald, Lyniah Bell, and Breonna Taylor.
A brief post-show talk immediately follows the performance on Sunday, September 21.
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Tags: “Hope, ” “Harmony, ” Marcie Gerald, Breonna Taylor, Chicago Performs, Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar, Jamila Woods, Latasha Harlins, Lyniah Bell, Ma’Khia Bryant, MCA, MCA Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Near North Side, Red Clay Dance Company, Rekia Boyd, Vershawn Sanders-Ward
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