HARLEM STAGE ANNOUNCES LANDMARK 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
TICKETS FOR HARLEM STAGE’S LANDMARK 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON ON SALE SEPTEMBER 5
Featuring New Works and Guest-Curated Programs
by Visionary Artists and Harlem Stage Alumni Including
Bill T. Jones, Ronald K. Brown, Camille A. Brown, nora chipaumire, Jason Moran, Abdullah Ibrahim, Vijay Iyer, Stew, Craig Harris, Tamar-kali, Carl Hancock Rux, Ambrose Akinmusire, José James, george emilio sanchez, and More
Organization Announces Full Lineups for
Uptown Nights Music Series
Featuring Ian Isiah and Kimberly Nichole, and an Evening of Chamber Music with Sugar Hill Salon and Concert Artists Guild
and the Newly Launched Uptown Nights Latin Music Series
Featuring Pablo Mayor’s Folklore Urbano Orchestra, Dafnis Prieto, Flor de Toloache, and Yasser Tejeda and DJ Sabine Blaizin
Season Celebrates the Organization’s Four Decades Supporting Boundary-Pushing Artists of Color
Deepens and Forges Partnerships with Leading Cultural Institutions Bryant Park, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Carnegie Hall, Concert Artists Guild, Sugar Hill Salon, and World Music Institute
Established Artists Introduce Harlem Stage Audiences to Emerging Visionaries
PROGRAMMING INCLUDES:
Harlem Stage’s Signature Dance Series, E-Moves, Celebrates 25 Years in Another Milestone for the Organization, Featuring Artists Who Have Been Critical to the Institution’s Legacy Inviting Emerging Dance Artists Into the Harlem Stage Community and Into its Future:
● Ronald K. Brown, Presenting Works Featuring His Company, EVIDENCE, Alongside Work by Emerging Choreographer Joya Powell, Selected by Brown, October 13 & 14, 2023
● Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Returning with a Dynamic Program that Revisits His Groundbreaking Collaboration with Toni Morrison and Max Roach, and Also Featuring an Emerging Artist Selected by Jones, April 19 & 20, 2024
● nora chipaumire’s ShebeenDUB, Featuring Three Dancers and a Dub DJ and Staged on a Monumental Sound Installation Designed by Ari Marcopoulos and Kara Walker and Constructed by Matt Jackson Studio, May 17 & 18, 2024
● Camille A. Brown, Curating an Evening of Repertoire Celebrating the Theme BLACK JOY, Featuring a New Work of Her Own Alongside Works by Her Associate Choreographers in the Theater and Commercial World — Chloe Davis, Juel D. Lane, Mayte Natalio, Rickey Tripp, and Maleek Washington, June 14 & 15, 2024
Guest-Curated Events Bringing Artists Together in Honor of Influential Musicians:
● Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer and Friends Celebrate the Music of Andrew Hill, Devoted to the Legendary Composer and Pianist, Guest Curated by Iyer, March 1 & 2, 2024
● Pianos for Duke Reimagined: Featuring Jason Moran, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Friends, Including Bertha Hope, Joanne Brackeen, and Matthew Whitaker; Guest Curated by Moran and Reimagining a Program First Presented at Harlem Stage in 1999, April 26, 2024. Special Performance Program on April 27 Benefits Harlem Stage.
Presentations from Harlem Stage’s Signature Commissioning Program, WaterWorks:
● Ambrose Akinmusire’s Multipart Suite banyan seed, Exploring the Influence of Jazz Elders as They Impart Their Wisdom to Younger Musicians, March 29 & 30, 2024
● Excerpts from Tamar-kali’s Work-in-Progress Opera, Black Damask, on William Dorsey Swann, the First Person Known to Proclaim Himself a “Queen of Drag,” with Libretto by Carl Hancock Rux and Stage Direction by James Blaszko, May 3 & 4, 2024
● WaterWorks Emerging Artists Showcase Featuring Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson, Hannah Lemmons, Bobby Morgan, Mary Prescott, and Kalí Rodríguez-Peña, December 9, 2023
Special 40th Anniversary Projects:
● José James Sings the Music of Erykah Badu in a FREE Outdoor Concert in Bryant Park, Co-Presented with Bryant Park in the Final Event of Their Picnic Performances Season and the First Event of Harlem Stage’s 40th Anniversary Season, September 14, 2023
● Craig Harris’ TONGUES OF FIRE (in a harlem state of mind), a Multidisciplinary Concert with Three Generations of Harlem-Based Artists Tracing the Harlem Community from the Mid-Seventies to the Present Day, October 20 & 21, 2023
● george emilio sanchez’s In the Court of the Conqueror, a Solo Performance Made in Collaboration with Visual Artist Patty Ortiz, Examining How the U.S. Constitution Camouflages the Violent Intentions of Settler Colonialism, November 3, 2023
● Stew’s HIGH SUBSTITUTE FOR THE DREAD LECTURER: Baraka Jones in Dub, with the Tony-Winning Musician and Composer Working Through Amiri Baraka’s/LeRoi Jones’ Twin Influences on His Life and Art, March 22 & 23, 2024
Harlem Stage’s Beloved Uptown Nights Music Series:
● An Electric Double Bill Featuring punkSoul/Rock artist Kimberly Nichole and Artist and Musician, Ian Isiah, January 26, 2024
● An Evening of Chamber Music, Co-Presented with Sugar Hill Salon and Concert Artists Guild, Featuring Works by Living Composers of Color, Performed by Musicians from Each Organization’s Ranks, February 23, 2024
● Harlem Stage’s New Uptown Nights Latin Music Series, Featuring Artists and Music from the Latin Diaspora:
● Colombian-Born, Pan-Latin Pianist, Composer, and Educator Pablo Mayor, Performing with His Folklore Urbano Orchestra Followed by a Salsa Dance Party Co-Hosted with Talia Castro-Pozo, September 22, 2023
● Cuban-Born MacArthur Fellow and GRAMMY Award-winning Drummer, Composer, and Bandleader Dafnis Prieto Performs His Cantar Project, October 27, 2023
● Powerhouse All-Women Mariachi Band Flor de Toloache, Co-Presented with Carnegie Hall Citywide, November 10, 2023
● Afro-Dominican Bandleader and Guitarist Yasser Tejeda, Performing a Combination of Traditional Folkloric Music, Rock with Caribbean Rhythms, and Jazz, and Dance Party with Music Spun by DJ Sabine Blaizin, Co-Presented with World Music Institute and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, December 1, 2023
● 40th Anniversary Season Gala Celebrating the Organization’s Past, Present, and Future, June 3, 2024
Harlem Stage (Artistic Director and CEO Patricia Cruz) announces its 40th Anniversary Season, a celebration of the institution that has, since its founding, provided an indispensable platform to both emerging and established artists of color working in an array of forms. In events throughout the 2023–24 season, Harlem Stage engages artists with whom the organization has, through the decades, cultivated lasting relationships—to in turn champion visionary emerging artists of color they admire, offering a platform and building relationships for the institution’s future.