General Admission:
$20 in advance/$25 day of show
Children 12 and younger:
$12 in advance/$15 day of show
Tickets are available at the Painted Bride Box Office, Tuesday – Saturday, 12:00pm – 6:00 pm, by telephone: 215 925-9914, or online at www.paintedbride.org.
Let the Roots Show is an inspired collaboration between Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble and The Requisite Movers. With new works by FlyGround’s Lela Aisha Jones, Kùlú Mèlé’s Cachet Ivey and Acacia Reed, and a reworking of Oya choreographed by Kùlú Mèlé Artistic Director Dorothy Wilkie you don’t want to miss Let the Roots Show: Kùlú Mèlé and The Requisite Movers.
Founded in 1969 by Baba Robert Crowder, Kùlú Mèlé has been guided by Artistic Director Dorothy Wilkie for more than 20 years. The company is known for infusing African dance with urban American flair. Lela Aisha Jones, Artistic Conceptualist, Founder & Director of FlyGround and Deneane Richburg of Brownbody, serve as co-founders of The Requisite Movers, which was formed in 2010 to produce the works of Black female movement artists. Let the Roots Show is presented as part of Kùlú Mèlé’s Celebration of African Dance & Drumming: Dance to the Rhythm of the Drum, which is made possible with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and Dance/USA Philadelphia. Leadership Support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation. New Stages for Dance is a program of Dance/USA Philadelphia. Lela Aisha Jones - FlyGround is an artist in residence at Mascher Space Co-op, which is also a fiscal sponsor for The Requisite Movers.
Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
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