Sat Mar 30, 1:00 PM - Sat Mar 30, 3:00 PM
Art Klub
1941 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
Community: French Quarter
Description
DG Uprising, our high school youth dance company, will premiere their new multidisciplinary performance piece, Reunion, as the culminating event of the DSC festival. The performance combines contemporary, hip hop dance, and spoken word to create a performative reflectio
Event Details
DG Uprising, our high school youth dance company, will premiere their new multidisciplinary performance piece, Reunion, as the culminating event of the DSC festival. The performance combines contemporary, hip hop dance, and spoken word to create a performative reflection, exploring the current effects of gentrification and historical patterns of displacement in New Orleans. Each performance will be followed by small group discussions amongst audience members, led by the youth performers, about what we can do as a community to address gentrification.
Tickets are sliding scale, $10-$40. Please be honest with your assessment of what you are able to contribute to honor the incredible work that our young people will present. (Read below for more on sliding scale pricing.) All proceeds from ticket sales will go directly into the hands of our young people to pay for artist stipends and build a fund to support our graduating seniors in their next endeavors.
Dance for Social Change has been guided by the artistic vision and commitment of DSC program coordinator, Chanice Diante Holmes. The program is made possible with support from our youth participants, parents, the DG staff and board, and support of funders and partners: The Starseed Foundation, The Laureus Foundation, The Helis Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation, New Orleans Theatre Association, Threadhead Cultural Foundation, City of New Orleans, Council Member Jason Williams, Council Member Kristen Palmer, Tri-M Foundation, National Performance Network, Oh Hi Co., Purple Monkey, Collection of Collections, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Arise Academy, Junebug Productions, KM Dance Project, Gigsy, New Orleans Airlift, and Art Klub.
For information on the DSC program and a listing of festival events, visit http://www.dancingrounds.org/dance-for-social-change/
Sliding scale pricing acknowledges the economic inequities that individuals face in accessing resources. Resources are inequitably distributed to individuals because of systems such as capitalism and racism that are designed to benefit some groups over others. This structure asks us to interrogate: How am I impacted by systems of inequity? How do I assess what I value when I choose to pay for a s
Tickets are sliding scale, $10-$40. Please be honest with your assessment of what you are able to contribute to honor the incredible work that our young people will present. (Read below for more on sliding scale pricing.) All proceeds from ticket sales will go directly into the hands of our young people to pay for artist stipends and build a fund to support our graduating seniors in their next endeavors.
Dance for Social Change has been guided by the artistic vision and commitment of DSC program coordinator, Chanice Diante Holmes. The program is made possible with support from our youth participants, parents, the DG staff and board, and support of funders and partners: The Starseed Foundation, The Laureus Foundation, The Helis Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation, New Orleans Theatre Association, Threadhead Cultural Foundation, City of New Orleans, Council Member Jason Williams, Council Member Kristen Palmer, Tri-M Foundation, National Performance Network, Oh Hi Co., Purple Monkey, Collection of Collections, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Arise Academy, Junebug Productions, KM Dance Project, Gigsy, New Orleans Airlift, and Art Klub.
For information on the DSC program and a listing of festival events, visit http://www.dancingrounds.org/dance-for-social-change/
Sliding scale pricing acknowledges the economic inequities that individuals face in accessing resources. Resources are inequitably distributed to individuals because of systems such as capitalism and racism that are designed to benefit some groups over others. This structure asks us to interrogate: How am I impacted by systems of inequity? How do I assess what I value when I choose to pay for a s