Celebrity Series of Boston

Black Voices Boston: Our Stories in Words and Movement

Dancer from Sankofa Danzafro

Image: A dancer from Sankofa Danzafro strikes a pose against a dark background. She looks up with her hands on her stomach.

Sunday, December 6, 7 PM

Seven participants from Boston's Black communities share their stories reimagined as dance vignettes choreographed by Rafael Palacios from Sankofa Danzafro.

Join us on December 6 for the premiere of this short film. A live Q&A will follow.

About Sankofa Danzafro

Watch the video below for a clip of a workshop that the dancers of Sankofa Danzafro conducted at the Veronica Robles Cultural Center.

Sankofa Danzafro workshop at Veronica Robles Cultural Center

Sponsored by 

 

and 2020/21 Dance Series sponsors

Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation, and Royal Little Family Foundation

Support for this project is provided by the Barr Foundation and its ArtsAmplified initiative and by the National Endowment for the Arts through its CARES Act funds

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2020/21 season sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger, and to the many individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose support helps fulfill our mission to present performing artists who inspire and enrich our community and our vision of a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, lifelong, shared experience - on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods - everywhere.