![]() Technically, my plays are musicals, but that doesn’t capture their “soul.” Meaning: there is song, but its not about singing there’s movement, but its not about dance there are characters, but its not about acting there is story, but its not about crafting a linear play. My work aims to continue the legacy of performance traditions that were necessitated to communicate the urgency of survival, identity, dreams, and autonomy. Neo-Spirituals are descendants of Negro Spirituals, Black Folklore and Slave Narratives and simultaneously, products of contemporary Black performance aesthetics (hip-hop, spoken word, R&B, the blues, etc). ![]() I create “Neo-Spirituals”-or a’capella musicals-consciously, methodologically, and specifically through the lens of African American performance traditions.
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