If there is a thing we can all agree on is that nothing brings the Black community together like music and dance. The two are the soul of our culture and have been used for centuries to express joy, pain, mourning, love, and hope.
This Wednesday, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Dallas Symphony Orchestra are coming together for a concert and performance in support of Project Unity. The event will honor those who lost their lives to racial violence and injustice- including DFW’s own Botham Jean and Atatiana Jefferson.
Pastor Richie Butler of St. Luke Community UMC founded Project Unity with the intent to unify Dallas by implementing community-building programs and help heal race relations between law enforcement and the citizens of Dallas. “The recent events have left us hurting as a community with deep wounds that have been re-opened,” said Pastor Richie Butler. “It is in these times that we look to each other to make real change that is more than words on a page. Project Unity’s mission is to bring the community together and listen to everyone. With the Dallas Symphony and Dallas Black Dance Theatre, we will gather to do just that.”
Dallas Black Dance Theatre will perform a deeply moving male trio, Evidence of Souls Not Seen, and an ensemble of DBDT dancers will perform an excerpt from Etudes and Elegy. Both ballets are a beautiful and heart-wrenching artistic expression of mourning the deaths of those we love.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra will be performing pieces by several Black composers. One such piece was commissioned by DSO and will be a featured highlight of the night. “Reflection on a Memorial” was written by 24-year-old Dallas native, Quinn Mason, who has been mentioned in the Texas Monthly as one of the most sought-after young composers in the country.
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The concert begins Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center. In-person concert tickets are $50 and live stream tickets are $25. For tickets and more info, visit www.DBDT.com or www.mydso.com.
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