Past Event
May 03—06, 2018
THE MIGRATION:REFLECTIONS ON JACOB LAWRENCE
STEP AFRIKA! / DC
The Great Migration comes to life through an explosion of dance, drums and canvas.
Step Afrika! triumphantly returns to Boston with The Migration, a multimedia powerhouse production that chronicles and celebrates the paths of the brave men and women who left the American South searching for better opportunities. Inspired by painter Jacob Lawrence’s groundbreaking series about “The Great Migration,” eighteen performers transform the work into a textured, interdisciplinary movement piece incorporating South African Gumboot, Western African dance, vocals, drumming and audience participation.
Info
Venue
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
219 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116
Dates
May 03, 2018 - May 06, 2018
Details
90 minutes including an intermission
Tickets from $20
Ages 8+
Everyone, regardless of age, must have a ticket to be admitted to this production, including babes in arms.
“Every step of this performance feels natural. It feels less like a ticketed event and more like the audience stumbled into a neighborhood on a warm afternoon.”
— The Bay State Banner
“I could feel the crackling energy of the show, even before it started… It’s a celebration of movement and music.”
— NE Theatre Geek
“In order to make the paintings come alive as theater, Mr. Sherman invented an art metaphor: The stage would be the canvas; the bodies the brush strokes; and the movement the paint.”
— The New York Times
The “main attraction is the extraordinarily talented company of dancers who get hands clapping and hearts pounding with their unflaggingly energetic performances.”
“Heart-pounding pulse”
“The Migration illustrates for adults as well as kids (7 and up) the power that music, dance, art, and imagination have in finding the strength to triumph over oppression.”
— TheaterMania
“A visceral history that covers the gamut of emotions from deep sorrow to joyous celebration.”
“A thrilling show”
— Broadway World
“Brings this saga to clattering, rambunctious life.”
“A fantasia on tap dancing and the percussive dance styles of African-American stepping.”
— Seattle Times
“It is both ingenious and intuitive to take choreographic inspiration from Lawrence’s paintings”
“A resilient vitality fuels the production…”
— The New York Times
A “terrific troupe.”
— The New Yorker
“Energetic and entertaining”
— The Huffington Post