RED CLAY DANCE PERFORMS WORLD PREMIERE
ART OF RESILIENCE 2.0
MAY 16–18 AT DUSABLE MUSEUM ROUNDHOUSE
Red Clay Dance Company
(RCDC),
which creates and performs a
diverse repertoire of
Afro-
contemporary dance, continues
its 10th anniversary season with
the
world premiere of Art of
Resilience 2.0 by Founder and
Artistic
Director Vershawn
Sanders-Ward. Performances
are May 16–18, 2019 at
7:30
p.m., co-presented by the
DuSable Museum of African
American
History at DuSable
Museum Roundhouse, 740 W.
56th Place, Chicago.
Following
the Saturday, May 18
performance, RCDC hosts its
annual Paint
the Town Red
fundraiser party.
Art of Resilience 2.0 is a site-
specific, mixed-media
performance installation
that re-imagines RCDC’s
2017 repertory work Art
of Resilience. A fully
immersive activation of the
DuSable Museum's
Roundhouse space, Art
of Resilience 2.0 highlights
the
architecture of the
historic building constructed
in the 19th century
by
visionary architect Daniel
H. Burnham. Using
movement, song, text,
vibrant projections, and
multiple performance
stages, RCDC’s “Urban
Griots” take the audience
on a journey through
Chicago’s South Side.
The
work reconstructs
the stories of Chicago’s
“Black Belt,” exploring
themes such as redlining,
housing covenants, the
Stroll, and the
Black
Arts Movement
while amplifying the
embodied resilience that
exists today
inside
these historically
disenfranchised but
culturally rich
communities. Through
an embodied exploration
of these concepts, the
“Urban Griots” display a
futuristic expression of
black life on the
South Side.
The National Endowment
for the Arts has
recommended a $10,000
grant to RCDC to
support the creation and
presentation of Art of
Resilience 2.0.
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