Grades 6-12
Nearly 50 years ago, two towering public figures, African-American author James Baldwin and white anthropologist Margaret Mead, sat together and recorded an epic, seven-and-a-half-hour conversation about race in America. Now, choreographer Donald Byrd and playwright AnnaDeavere Smith re-imagine that conversation in the present in A Rap on Race. This new dance-theatre work combines text with movement and music to communicate the complexities of talking about race, at a time when that conversation is as necessary as ever.
This performance is part of our weekday Student Discovery series. For more information and to order tickets, call 215.573.8827 or email groups@ac.upenn.edu.
Student Group Sales Policies:
To secure your seats, a 50% non-refundable, non-transferable deposit is required exactly two weeks after you place your order. The remaining 50% will be due three weeks prior to the performance date. Full payment is required if the order is placed within three weeks of the performance date. Reservations may be cancelled if payment is not received by due dates. All sales are final. The Annenberg Center does not offer refunds or exchanges on student group sales.
The 18/19 dance series is presented by Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance.
The presentation of Spectrum Dance Theater was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Photo credit: Tino Tran
