POWER

  • Date: July 15, 2022 - July 17, 2022
  • Location: Schaeffer Theatre, Lewiston

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*Performances take place on Friday, July 15 and Sunday, July 17 both at 7:30PM at Schaeffer Theatre on Bates College campus.

POWER re-imagines compelling core Shaker values, contributions, practices and histories through a postmodern American lens. This work builds on Wilson’s investigations related to the early evolution of African American spiritual worship in the pantheon of American Christian religions and expands on his research into ring shouts and African American worship. Points-of-inspiration for this work include black Shaker Eldress Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson, Shaker foundress Mother Ann Lee, The First Great Awakening and American Utopianism, Binary Opposition, and foundational research from his work The Littlest Baptist.

Fist & Heel Performance Group is a Brooklyn-based dance company that investigates the intersections of cultural anthropology and movement practices and believes in the potential of the body as a valid means for knowing. Our performance work is a continued manifestation of the rhythm languages of the body provoked by the spiritual and the mundane traditions of Africa and its Diaspora, including the Blues, Slave and Gospel idioms. The group has received support from major foundations and corporations and has performed at notable venues in the United States and abroad.   

 

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Schaeffer Theatre

305 College St
Lewiston  ME  04240 

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Bates Dance Festival

Bates Dance Festival
(207) 786-6381
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https://www.batesdancefestival.org/fist-heel/