Atlanta Cyclorama is hosting a dance performance that will explore women's roles during the Civil War. Come enjoy a thought-provoking evening of entertainment! Black Dispatches: Freedom Under Foot features these talented performers: dancer Germaine Ingram, violinist Diane Monroe and bassist Jacqueline Pickett.
The Civil War was a radical game-changer. It redefined the concept of war, the meanings of freedom and citizenship, the scope of national identity, our rituals of death, the future of race relations, and the lives and roles of women.
Through dance and original music, dance and spoken word, contemporary jazz tap dancer and folklorist Germaine Ingram, noted violinist and co-creator Diane Monroe, and renowned jazz bassist Jacqueline Pickett will explore the impact of war on enslaved and white women at his crucial point in the conflict. Their performance will pose questions about how Atlanta's women of 1864 responded to the expectations, demands, and sacrifices of war; what impact the war had on their sense of protection, dependence and power; how their attitudes toward racial and social inequality were transformed; and how they envisioned their future in a new social, economic, and political landscape. Integral to the evening will be how audience members' ideas and opinions about these questions are illuminated by live performance, how they shape our memory of the past and understanding of the present.
Tickets are $10 for Adults; $8 for Seniors and $8 for Children 4-12 years old. Purchase tickets here: https://www.atlantacyclorama.org/ticket-event.php?id=6
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