The Tony-nominated choreographer, known for co-directing Fire Shut Up In My Bones with the Metropolitan Opera (2021) and choreographing Alicia Keys’ musical Hell’s Kitchen (2023), explores Black joy in a new work with her own dance company.
A commissioning and recording project from Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman, This is America celebrates our country’s rich cultural imaginary, offering a vivid counterpoint to the idea that this land can be understood through any singular, dominant point of view.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is a New York Times-bestselling essayist and poet. Her environmentally attuned work explores how we live in a world she finds rich with wonder.
A young Nigerian couple arrives in Houston looking to earn their degrees and bring insights back to their home country. But Abasiama is soon forced to choose between the Nigerian Dream and her obligations as a matriarch. A pop-up production brought to The Prior by the Huntington Theatre as part of Boston’s nine-part celebration of playwright Mfoniso Udofia, originally from Central Massachusetts.
Led by celebrated vocalist Julia Keefe (Nez Perce), The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band is an ensemble of Native and Indigenous jazz musicians from across Indian Country. Opening act by Mali Obomsawin (Odanak First Nation), an award-winning bassist, songwriter, and composer whose debut album “Sweet Tooth” has received international acclaim.
