RACE Dance at Aqueous
May 26
YIELD: Performance
Commissioned by Oklahoma Contemporary
6-7 p.m. | Sculpture Garden
Free tickets available here
SPARK! Creative Lab invites the public to an immersive, interactive performance centered on community and the land beneath us. YIELD: We Belong to the Land is inspired by Maren Hassinger’s sculptures currently on view in Oklahoma Contemporary's Sculpture Garden. This multidisciplinary performance is the culmination of a 10-week creative investigation into the human experience that shapes our current, shared reality.
Accessibility: YIELD’s performance will be an ASL-interpreted event. While the performance will travel the grounds of Oklahoma Contemporary, accommodations can be made for those with limited mobility.
Learn more here.
June 10 and 11
illume | Performance
8-9:30 p.m. | Te Ata Theatre
June 10 tickets here
June 11 tickets here
RACE Dance Collective’s illume is a multi-genre dance experience about humanhood, covering the layers of grief, individual perceptions on an “ism” (a distinctive practice system or philosophy) and moments of joy. illume not only asks the audience to watch but to also offer their own light to the space.
Learn more here.
June 16
Sanctuary Redefined: We Shall Own Our Legacy
8-9 p.m. | Campbell Art Park
Free, no reservations required
Presented by OKC Artists for Justice in partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary, Sanctuary Redefined: We Shall Own Our Legacy presents a perspective of Black women through poetry, movement, music and song. The performance is inspired by and uses Chakaia Booker's Shaved Portions as a backdrop.
Learn more here.
