Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/22/2019
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Malonga Casquelourd Center
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What do Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Martha Graham Company, The Metropolitan Opera and Broadway all have in common? Grown Women Dance Collective!
- SAT, JUN 22, 6:30PM: Show features a special appearance by jazz harpist Destiny Muhammad! Admission on Saturday includes FREE attendance to our 10th Anniversary after party!
- SUN, JUN 23, 2PM: Includes Q&A with cast after the performance.
All stars of the dance world come together to celebrate dance, music, and American history. This event honors the legacy of African American artists such as Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, Prince, Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole, Nipsey Hussle, and Maya Angelou.
Former soloists with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Martha Graham Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and over 40 Broadway shows, perform beautifully crafted pieces to iconic songs by these artists.
Using dance and music to teach and celebrate African American history, the power of dancers in their 40’s and 50’s uplift, inspire, and create a family-friendly, can’t sit still in your seat celebration of who we are as Americans that will have you singing to yourself for weeks.