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Step Afrika! Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence

October 26, 2024 @ 7:30 pm

$20 – $60

PRE-SHOW ARTIST TALK 6:30PM

Step Afrika!’s signature work The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence charts the story of African American migrants moving from the rural South to the industrial North to escape Jim Crow, racial oppression, and lynchings in the early 1900s. Inspired by Lawrence’s iconic 60-panel painting, “The Migration Series” (1940-41), the award-winning dance company uses the images, color palette, and motifs in the series to tell this astonishing story through pulsating rhythms and visually stunning movement.

Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities; traditional African dances; and an array of contemporary dance and art forms into a cohesive, compelling artistic experience.

“Despite the sorrow and hardship in the historical record and the colorful but sometimes bleak imagery in Lawrence’s paintings, Step Afrika! approaches the narrative with optimism and hope.” – DC Theater Arts

Details

Date:
October 26, 2024
Time:
7:30 pm
Cost:
$20 – $60
Event Category:
Website:
https://bit.ly/step-afrika-migration

Organizer

Modlin Center for the Arts
Phone
(804) 289-8980
Email
modlinarts@richmond.edu
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Venue

Carpenter Theatre
600 E Grace St
Richmond, VA 23219 United States
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Phone
8047881212