Community Events
Typically one-hour performances (live music and/or expert discussion) followed by a gathering with light refreshments. For more information, contact Arthur White, Director of External Affairs, at awhite@motopera.org.
Wed, March 4, 7:00 PM
Video & Discussion
DTH-Arthur Mitchell's Legacy
Promoting Equality through Art
-Dr. Jennifer Gomez, former DTH dancer
Dr. Gomez will screen a film from her personal collection, the 2004 Gerald Fox Film on Dance Theatre of Harlem showing behind-the-scenes dance footage and interviews about Mr. Mitchell's ballet career and the history of DTH. Highlights include Mr. Mitchell founding the company after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and DTH's tour of South Africa in 1992, during apartheid -- an invitation personally extended by Nelson Mandela. Discussion and Q&A to follow, with Dr. Gomez, a former DTH dancer turned academic.
Free.
RSVP
Kim Smith (313) 237-3251
dance@motopera.org
Fri, March 6, 7:30 PM
Opera at the Boxing Club
What better place to learn about Champion (Terence Blanchard's opera in jazz) than a boxing club? Concert master Eliot Heaton and violinist Henrik Karapetyan will join the MOT Studio Artists in the ring.
Border City Boxing Club
Friday, March 6 at 7:30 PM
Cover fee $10 (Students Free)
RSVP (required)
eventbrite or call (519) 252-0212
Champion is presented by
Thu, March 21 at 7:30 PM
In conversation
Terence Blanchard with Naomi André
Discussion with Terence Blanchard at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History, focused on the African American experience in opera, moderated by Professor Naomi André, author of Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement. With a musical preview of Champion.
Champion is presented by
This event is supported by an award from
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This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.