When: June 8, 15, 22, 29
Where: Starts at 125th & 1st Avenue; ends at Hudson River
Price: Suggested donation $35

Tags: #dance, #sitespecific, #interactive, #participatory, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)

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Created, directed and choreographed by Ebony Noelle Golden, 125th & FREEdom is an immersive, audience participatory cultural experience which asks: If Harriet Tubman were alive today how would she free Black people? New Yorkers will become one with Golden’s battle-weary tribe of nomads led by Tubman’s descendant on an epic journey to a land of promised liberation.

Composed of 16 movements and featuring a New Orleans-style brass band, the choreopoetic performance will take place at 11 sites as pop-up installations across the corridor of 125th Street from the East River to the Hudson River each Saturday in June, beginning on June 8. 125th& FREEdom sees a victorious, but battle-weary tribe of nomads led by Tubman’s descendant on an epic journey to a land of promised liberation. Fusing song and poetry with choreography based on historic and current Black social dances, the piece will be an immersive, participatory cultural experience that is equal parts ritual performance, processional and protest.

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Contact Level: Moderate (Familial); there will be times when audience/participants may be asked to go to a certain location and they may be asked to dance with the performers.

Content Advisories: Audience members should expect to be standing/walking during the performance. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes (and bring water if they feel they will need it, as it is performed outside bathrooms will not be provided). Participants (audience) can join or leave at any site/location.

Performances are wheelchair accessible and completely outdoors; however, participants should note that the performance starts at 125th & 1st Avenue and runs along each site until it reaches the Hudson River over the course of 5 hours.