A site-specific processional piece celebrating the civil rights movement
When: October 27
Where: White Street trailhead of the Westside Trail, Atlanta
Price: Free
Tags: #opera, #music, #sitespecific, #promenade, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)
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On Saturday, October 27, 2018, The Atlanta Opera and the Atlanta BeltLine invite you to join Our Walk to Healing: An Immersive Performance and Processional. The collaborative performance takes place on the Atlanta BeltLine’s Westside and Eastside Trails surrounding Dr. Karcheik Sims-Alvarado’s “Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement: 1944–1968” photo exhibit. The event will feature narration from historian and curator Dr. Sims-Alvarado and musical performances from soprano Jayme Alilaw and soprano Minka Wiltz.
Attendees are invited to celebrate survival and healing with the performers by dressing up as little or as much as they would like in attire reflective of the Civil Rights Movement era. The events will take place on the Westside Trail and Eastside Trail on October 27. At 10 a.m., the processional will begin at the White Street trailhead of the Westside Trail and last until approximately 12 p.m. After a lunch break, the event will continue on the Eastside Trail at Ponce City Market at 1 p.m. until approximately 3 p.m.
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Contact Level: None to Light (Business/Acquaintance), there will be no stage and everyone will move together in a processional, so there may be inadvertent physical contact during that time.
Content Advisories: Audience members should expect to be standing/walking during the performance.
Performance is wheelchair-accessible.
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