Change Gon’ Come Black Anthology began in 1989 when Marcia Hayes-Harris saw the need for a creative outlet for black students on Washington University in St. Louis’s campus. She gathered a small group of students and performed works from established black authors, poets, and creative minds. Now in its 32nd year, BA is a show […]
The House of Atreus is burdened by an old curse and trapped in a cycle of retributive violence. How can justice be achieved without piling new crimes on top of old ones? Ellen McLaughlin’s gripping adaptation of the trilogy by Aeschylus explores the intimacy of violence and the centrality of actions by women in this ancient Greek story about the foundations […]
PRESENTED BY ST. LOUIS ACADEMY OF DANCE On March 11, The Pazazz Performers showcase their 2022-2023 repertoire in our annual fundraising event. In addition to supporting Pazazz, we are raising funds and awareness for the Pazazz Community Scholarship. The Pazazz Performing Company, in residence at St. Louis Academy of Dance, is a premier training ground […]
This year’s concert, “No Boundaries”, celebrates the sixth year of the MFA in Dance final project with choreography by Kendra Key and Erin Morris. The program brings to our audience an outpouring of choreographic inspirations. Each creation offers a particular perspective on contemporary topics and abstract concepts: both historic and current. These original works look at collaborative articulations that move […]
Stay tuned for information about this year’s 2023 Carnaval Celebration.
“There is an important story needing to come through each of us. We are longing to be seen, to be necessary.” — Toko-pa Turner Dance is the physical emergence of the untold stories that originate from deep within ourselves. Fueled by emotion and energy, it moves through the body and out into space to create the language from […]
In Fucking A, Hester Smith, the shunned local abortionist, hatches a plan to buy her jailed son’s freedom — and nothing will deter Hester from her quest. In this gritty journey of story and song, Hester’s branded letter A becomes a provocative emblem of vengeance, violence, and sacrifice. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, Fucking A was inspired […]
Presented by The Black Rep Eubie! is a musical revue from the 1970s that taught Broadway audiences about Eubie Blake, a groundbreaking American musician and composer of the early 1900s. Blake helped break down racial barriers with his 1921 musical, Shuffle Along – the first Broadway musical written, directed by, and starring Black Americans. The […]