#ohsankofa

Happy #Juneteenth Y'all! There are so many beautiful ways to celebrate #FreedomDay in NYC today, including @carlhancockrux's "Oh Sankofa" at @lincolncenter

📍Hearst Plaza, 30 Lincoln Center Plaza

🕖 7:00 PM

🎟 Free Admission

🔗 www.lincolncenter.org

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Reposted from @lincolncenter #SummerForTheCity

The annual Juneteenth celebration at #LincolnCenter for the Performing Arts returns this year with a powerful multidisciplinary performance written, directed, and curated by Carl Hancock Rux. Through music, choral performance, dance, and storytelling, Oh Sankofa pays tribute to the use of African-American folklore as a vital means of survival during the trauma of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The work features actor/comedian Phyllis Yvonne Stickney; performers Vinson Fraley and Chanon Judson; blues jazz guitarist Marvin Sewell; the Etienne Lashley Choir; Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Theater; and contemporary art garments and installation by Dianne Smith @iamdiannesmithart...