Step Afrika!
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
Nov 2, 8pm
Nov 3, 3pm
Step Afrika!
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
Single tickets to this and nearly 80 other events go on sale at noon as follows:
July 23: Donors $100+ and 2024–25 Subscribers (log in required)
July 30: Email Club (log in required) and UCB Community (promo code required)
August 6: General Public
2024–25 Season Subscriptions still on sale
Washington DC’s celebrated 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. “A life-affirming evening of theater” (DC Theatre Scene). Step Afrika’s past season performances sold out, so get your tickets now!
This event is part of Cal Performances’ Illuminations: “Fractured History” programming for the 2024–25 season.
The Program Book will be available approximately one week before the performance.
Nov 2, 8pm
Nov 3, 3pm
