E-Moves: Nora Chipaumire _ Shebeendub

Friday, May 17 through Saturday, May 18
Presented by Harlem Stage

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For 25 years Harlem Stage's signature dance series, E-Moves, has brought together phenomenal artists of color to showcase their movement-based creations. On the occasion of Harlem Stage’s 40th Anniversary, Harlem Stage invites back to the Gatehouse artists who have been critical to the legacy of the institution’s dance programming and who serve as inspiration for the future of dance. These artists include Camille A. Brown, Ronald K. Brown, nora chipaumire, and Bill T. Jones.

Contemporary artist, choreographer, and performer nora chipaumire  — a “rock star of dance” (The New Yorker) — has enlivened Harlem Stage with her revolutionary dance performances on numerous occasions. chipaumire returns to E-Moves with the New York premiere of ShebeenDUB, which transforms the historic Harlem Stage Gatehouse into a sonic and visual statement of radical black indictment of Empire. Featuring the monumental afternow sound installation, including the soundshitsystem, designed by Ari Marcopoulos and Kara Walker and constructed by Matt Jackson Studio, the afternoon and evening unfold in three parts. Audiences are first invited to experience Nehanda, a radio opera by chimpaumire which relays the story of Nehanda, a Shona spirit who inhabits women, and in 1866 caused Charwe Nyakasikana to incite resistance against British colonialists in Central Africa. The opera, developing over four hours and played through the sound installation, delves into the Shona people’s experience of the anti-colonial war in Zimbabwe. Following the opera, three dancers and dub DJ perform shebeenDUB within the afternow installation, celebrating dub —  a musical style that emerged in the late 60s and early 70s which interrogates empire, its aesthetics, and ideas of human rights. To close the night, audiences are invited to participate in a dance party featuring music by a dub DJ.

2-6PM: Radio Opera Installation
6PM: Doors, DJ set
7:30-9PM: Performance 
9PM-12AM: Dance Party with DJ

Radio Opera Installation Only: $10

Dance Party Only: $20

Performance + Dance Party: $40

Schedule & Tickets

Friday, May 17, 2024 @ 2:00pm · tickets local_activity · add to calendar today 2024-05-17 14:00:00 2024-05-17 17:00:00 America/New_York E-Moves: Nora Chipaumire _ Shebeendub https://harlemonestop.com/event/32483/e-moves-nora-chipaumire-shebeendub New York, NY
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 2:00pm · tickets local_activity · add to calendar today 2024-05-18 14:00:00 2024-05-18 17:00:00 America/New_York E-Moves: Nora Chipaumire _ Shebeendub https://harlemonestop.com/event/32483/e-moves-nora-chipaumire-shebeendub New York, NY
$40