Thursday, August 30, 2018

A Ruin, by RAKIA

RAKIA Performers: Kendra Ross, Pia Murray and Rakia Seaborn

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 2018
AT 7:30PM

UNION STREET DANCE  $10 suggested donation

Join us for a special workshop performance of A Ruin by RAKIA! (led by Artistic Director Rakia Seaborn). RAKIA! is Union Street Dance's 2018 Artist in Residence and Mertz Gilmore Late Stage Creative Stipend Recipient, and we're thrilled to be presenting this evening of their latest work.

ABOUT A RUIN"The year is 2035. America 2.5 is a dystopian wasteland. From the ashes emerges a trio of heartbroken black women turned reluctant superheroes. This elegantly brutal triptych is tasked with cultivating a new, American way. Post-apocalyptic wanderlust sends these sojourners out into the wilderness. Memories of unrequited love and betrayal hold them back. Does America deserve rebuilding? Must these women play saviour? Drawing from Giselle's madness, The Negro Motorist Green Book (“the bible of black travel during Jim Crow",) breakup albums & ancient relics, in A Ruin, I interrogate my relationship with “classical” forms. A Ruin is afrofuturistic place-making. Spoken text is mined from travel writings and manipulated into an entirely new language."

Artistic Direction/Choreography: Rakia Seaborn
Performers: Kendra Ross, Pia Murray and Rakia Seaborn
Composition: Austin Guerrazzi
Visual Art: Sean Billy Kizy
Producer: Sarah Donnelly

***To learn more about RAKIA! and the Mertz Gilmore Creative Stipend visit our website

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