Step Afrika!, Presented by Cal Performances (in-person)
Cal Performances Zellerbach Hall
101 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Haptic tour: 2:00 pm
Audio-described performance: 3:00 pm
Washington DC’s 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. The live audio description for the performance is provided by Gravity Access Services, Inc.
Tickets
Contact the Box Office at 510 642 9988 to purchase a ticket and reserve a listening device for the audio described portion of the performance.
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