For more than a year, St. Louis dance professionals have worked to create a performance responding to the death of Michael Brown.
On Friday at 7 p.m., the public can see the result of their efforts , in Grand Center. 鈥淒ance Speaks Volume I" is presented by St. Louis Dancers Step-Up, in cooperation with the Grand Center Arts Academy Theatre Department.
The evening will include a spoken-word performance by Cheeraz Gorman. Artwork by activist Damon Davis is part of the set. A 15-minute question-and-answer session and a reception will follow.
Organizers hope to arrange more stagings of 鈥淒ance Speaks鈥� in 2016 if they secure enough funding.
When the group of more than two-dozen prominent local dancers , Dancers Step-Up co-founders Sara Burke and Keith Williams challenged them to create a response to the unrest in Ferguson.
In an email, Burke said the resulting performance is designed to 鈥減rovoke thought, inspire questioning, and be a call to action for social justice, racial equality, and ultimate healing in our local and global community.鈥�
Here鈥檚 a short bit of early 鈥淒ance Speaks鈥� choreography from that August 2014 meeting.
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鈥楧ance Speaks Volume I鈥�
Where: Centene Center, 3547 Olive St., 63103
When: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
How much: Free
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