Civil Twilight: Reflections on Fear, Courage & Resilience
Core Performance Company in collaboration with Ron McAdoo, Marcus Montgomery, and Central High Students
DATE: Sunday, September 24thTIME: 6 - 7:15pmLOCATION: Central High School Commemorative Garden (map)
“Civil Twilight” is a site-specific dance and spoken word performance that commemorates, in part, the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who courageously entered Little Rock’s Central High School on September 25, 1957, ushering in a continued endeavor for equal education under the law. The presentation will take place in the Commemorative Garden adjacent to the school. Audience members will experience the performance as it winds along the garden’s path, past nine benches and nine trees, through the centerpiece of the garden: two arches, mirroring those on the school’s façade, which feature reflective photographic images from Central High yearbooks. To close the performance event, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Tania León, creators of the Little Rock Nine opera (scheduled for completion in July 2018), will make brief remarks about the ability of the arts to create social change. Core Performance Company’s Civil Twilight, in collaboration with spoken word artists, Ron McAdoo, Marcus Montgomery and Central High’s Writeous Poetry Club, will give voice to the stories fear, courage and resilience that continue to resonate today as an extension of the Little Rock Nine story - conveyed through movement, theatre, and spoken word. The performance will conclude with an audience candle light walk to Central High School where the 3D video mapping screening will begin at 7:30 pm. Tickets: Free Admission
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