LegacyCreative Outlet

September 13 & 14 | 7:30 PM

General admission ticket: $40 in advance, $45 at the door10% discount for groups of 10 or more

Premium ticket: $150 includes Opening Night Post-Performance Reception

BAM Fisher | 321 Ashland Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11217

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Deeply Rooted Dance Theater photo by Michelle Reid

For tickets visit BAM.org or call 718-636-4100 ext. 1

Friday, September 13 | 10am & 12pm Young Audiences PerformancesFriday, September 13 | 7:30pm Performance & Opening Night Post-Performance Reception

Saturday, September 14 | 7:30pm Performance

Thank you to our donors

Dorothy H. KayKaren Zebulon

City council member Laurie CumboSteve and Ruth Hendel Foundation

Senator Kevin Parker

Briana ArthurDominique AtwoodPierre ClarkJennifer FlorentinoPaige FraserJoshua L. IshmonRebekah KuczmaMarlayna LocklearWilliam RobersonNyemah Stuart

Creative Outlet

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) performs Co-Founder Kevin Iega Jeff ’s Flack (1984), a portrait of strife, despair, and ultimately triumph, set to the music of legendary performer Roberta Flack; DRDT Co-Founder and Associate Artistic Director Gary Abbott’s Parallel Lives (2017), a contemporary narrative inspired by poor, working women who have shared life-changing events, both beautiful and tragic, with original music by Evangelos Spanos based on Vivaldi’s "La Folia"; and Jeff's lush and acclaimed Wild is the Wind (2009) with music by Nina Simone.

JCGO performs three works by Founder/Director Gaines: the world premiere of Tribal Truth, which celebrates the festivities, tradition, and poetry of keeping traditional African dance alive, fused with hip-hop, ballet, and modern dance styles to the music of Fela Kuti; Shhh… Ahhh… (2004), about daydreaming in the midst of cool, sexy, sultry, summer breeze, with music by India Arie; and Hanging Tree (2019), a solo dedicated to the MAAFA, a Swahili word referring to “the great suffering” during the transatlantic slave trade, that demonstrates breaking psychological chains and living in a country where history is distorted and changed.

Jalen Garel AcostaJames (Banks) DavisLakeesha EscobosaBahiyah Sayyed GainesTalu GreenChristiana HuntKarisma JayJared LewisRukiya McCormickRaven McRaeRyan RankinWade WatsonJada Williams

Deeply Rooted

Dancers

Visit jgcodance.org/ and deeplyrooteddancetheater.org to learn more about the companies and their programs

Creative OutletDeeply Rooted Dance Theater

Legacy is a shared evening featuring dancers cultivated through the Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) and Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet (JCGO) processes. Legacy is a collaboration inspired by JUBILATION! Dance Company’s mission, established during the 1980s and 90s in Brooklyn, NY.

This event is presented by Creative Outlet and Deeply Rooted. BAM house and ticketing policies may not apply. BAM membership benefits do not apply.