💃🏿FACING HOME: LOVE & REDEMPTION >> dance with songs by Bob Marley

FACING HOME
LOVE & REDEMPTION

Remarkable poetic contemporary dance featuring Bob Marley's songs.

You are invited to use the promo code LOVE to get the special deal of $25 +HST tickets!

A contemporary dance work that investigates the global impact of Bob Marley’s music—its expression of humanity’s struggle and inspiration toward love, redemption and hope.

Set to renditions of Marley's music, as well as popular dance-hall music, the work faces a West Indian paradox, which allows for the liberation found in Marley’s music while the lyrics in dance-hall simultaneously suppress the abilities and oppress members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. FACING HOME emerges as a conversation in African Diaspora contemporary dance and poetry, with space for community dialogue.

"FACING HOME is meant to impact migrant populations, generate change and ignite the LGBTQ community, its supporters and service workers everywhere it's performed and beyond." - Kevin A. Ormsby, co-creator

Hailed as embodying artistic diversity in technique, form and presentation, KasheDance echoes in a new genealogy of Afro-contemporary dance steeped in modern dance, ballet and rooted in dances of the Diaspora. The production features poems by American National Book Award finalist Danez Smith and Christian Robinson. This celebrated dance company is rooted in a technical style grounded in human expressions, poly-rhythms and technical virtuosity. Each performance will feature a talk back with the cast of the production.

March

5 + 6

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Thursday 5 March 8pm
Friday 6 March 8pm

TICKETS: $35

HOT TICKET MEMBERS: $30
UNI//COLLEGE: $25
HIGH SCHOOL: $5

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Robertson Theatre
250 St. Paul Street
St. Catharines, ON.

You are invited to a FREE KasheDance workshop on March 6 at 10am

You are invited to take part in a FREE workshop on Friday, March 6 at 10am (1hr 30mins) in STUDIO A in Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts, 15 Artist Way, downtown St. Catharines.

Feel free to share with this invitation to the FREE community workshop with your friends and your community!

There’s no dance experience necessary, open to all! The critical acclaimed performances by KasheDance are steeped in modern dance, ballet and rooted in dances of the African Diaspora. Their interactive movement workshop will use the KasheDance technique, to explore movement from the production, FACING HOME: LOVE AND REDEMPTION. Workshop participants will be lead through a warm up, movement and group creation. Wear loose and comfortable clothes. All are welcome, although advance registration with David at dvivian@brocku.ca is advised because space is limited.

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