That’s a wrap on our first show! With three shows left to go, now is the perfect time to get a ticket before it’s too late. The run is nearly sold out so act fast!
Link in the bio.
📷 Photographer: @teeclick (Tony Turner Photography)
Yesterday
a section of Flatbush not far from where I was born
was renamed for DuSable
in whose city I grew
I realized that maybe I had something to do with that
Sankofic
blackwards
moonwalking
like Birnam to Dunsinane
#DuSableCity
shot fired by Gerard J Cadet
That’s a wrap on the World Premiere of Against Gravity! This sold out run marks the opening of 651 ARTS brand new theater at L10. We’ll always remember this show for being the first ever performance in the space.
Many thanks to André Zachery, Renegade Performance Group, and DuSable City for premiering this incredible piece at 651 ARTS.
📷: @teeclick (Tony Turner Photography)
Our hearts are still full from the World Premiere of Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends last weekend. With a completely sold out run, we were surrounded by wonderful community, phenomenal art, and we had a great time!
We’re honored to present this special piece as the first performance ever in our new home! We thank our supporters, Renegade Performance Group, and DuSable City for making this weekend a truly unforgettable experience.
Song - flyin afrikan [or when i meet nat] - @avery_r_young
Ancestor Gwendolyn Brooks serves as the oracular voice of Chicago in Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends.
André Zachery shared the importance of Brooks’ work, as well as the profound influence she had on him growing up as an artist in Chicago. Her legacy lives on in this piece and in the generations of artists her poetry has inspired.
Tickets are now on sale in our bio!
🎵: dr. roebuck curtis [or dis holy earf jam] - @avery_r_young
Against Gravity Is…a love letter to the ancestors…a journey through time…a throwback adventure…
Against Gravity is the perfect experience to spend the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend as we honor the past and look toward our future.
Tickets are on sale in our bio!
🎵: jukebox jam - @avery_r_young
The untimely loss of Benjamin Wilson left a profound impact on Chicago, an athletic phenom taken by a decisive act of violence. After last month’s film screening of Benji, a documentary detailing the life of Ben Wilson, Against Gravity will explore how his passing affected André M. Zachery and his Chicago community.
Tickets are now on sale in our bio!
In 1983, Harold Washington made history being elected the first Black Mayor of Chicago. It was the second largest city in America at the time and very racially segregated. His tenure in politics was challenged with opposition and resistance as the divided city struggled to unite on a path forward in a period known as “The Council Wars.”
Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends connects the parallels of Chicago’s political landscape in the 80s & today, unpacking how it affected Black men’s perception of masculinity and the world around them.
Tickets are now on sale in our bio!
Fred Hampton serves as one of three legendary figures representing the hope and dreams of Black Chicago, and, more broadly, Black people in America.
André M. Zachery explores the impact Hampton had on his upbringing in 1980s & 1990s Chicago in the World Premiere of Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends playing this January 16 - 19 at 651 ARTS.
Tickets are now on sale in our bio!
Against Gravity explores how the Legend of the Flying Africans, as well as other important tales, icons, and moments, influenced Black Chicago.
Experience this piece through the lens of André M. Zachery, in this choreographic self-examination of Black masculinity.
Tickets are now on sale in our bio!
This January, Show Us How You Fly!
Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends is a choreographed exploration of Black masculinity through history, memory, text, poetry and geography through the lens of interdisciplinary artist André Zachery.
This coming-of-age piece fuses multimedia projection, storytelling, and dance to prove…that we can fly.
Tickets are now on sale in our bio!
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