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Vessels (2019)

VESSELS is a seven-woman harmonic meditation on the transcendental possibilities of song during the Middle Passage. Experienced within an interactive and acoustically rich sculptural environment that invokes those infamous ships, this interdisciplinary ritual performance explores singing as a survival tool and asks, “What does freedom sound like in a space of confinement?”

Co-Shapers and Directors: Ron Ragin, Rebecca Mwase
Design: Jeff Becker
Choreography: Maritza Mercado-Narcisse
Sculpture: MaPo Kinnord
Costumes: AYA DESIGNS (Janese Brooks-Galathe & Dana Leon)
Crown Adornments: Saphira “Safi” Contreras
Lighting: Evan Spigelman
Performers: Chanice Holmes, Tenaj Levinnia Jackson, Mykia Jovan, Rebecca Mwase, Jalisa Roberts, Benedicta Sowah, Mahalia Abéo Tibbs
Musicians: Jaz Butler, Ron Ragin
Documentation Melisa Cardona