Approximately 10 male and female dancers in colorful costumes dancing in front of six colorful framed paintings by Jacob Lawrence that depict the Great Migration of African Americans in the US in the last century.
Washington DC’s celebrated step dance company celebrates its 30th anniversary with a powerful production that tells the story of the Great Migration through Black dance forms, bold visual art, and vivid theatricality. The Migration is based on Jacob Lawrence’s famous series of paintings from the early 1940s that explored the Black American migration experience in a modernist style with a distinctive earth-tone color palette. Set to an uplifting soundtrack that includes music by Nina Simone and John Coltrane, gospel, and West African drumming, the movement traces a historical arc from Africa to the post–Civil War South to a new life in the North, the choreography a mix of stepping, tap, body percussion, and modern dance. “A life-affirming evening of theater” (DC Theatre Scene). Step Afrika’s past season performances sold out, so get your tickets early!
This is an ADA-accessible venue.
Audio Description provided by Gravity Access Services.
Haptic Access Tour begins at 2 PM; please arrive by 1:45, Audio Described performance begins at 3:00.
Access Services Provider Contact: Guillermo Cornejo, gcornejo@calperformances.org, 510-642-9988
Tickets: $42-98 (prices subject to change)
UC Berkeley students can access exclusive discounts, including half-price tickets in all sections of the theater. More information about student tickets and discounts is available at calperformances.org/ucb-students. For information about other discounts, visit calperformances.org/discounts.