Movement LIVE ft Meklit: Music and Migration Remixed

A new performance work co-commissioned by the Cultural Arts Center, Movement LIVE combines the energy of a concert with the intimacy of storytelling. It’s The Moth meets a full on concert experience! The performance is led by Ethiopian-American musician and cultural strategist Meklit Hadero, who for this show is joined by Gerson Lanza (Honduras/US) and Cheakaity (Liberia /US) – artists from Montgomery County and the DMV. This project lives at the crossroads of migration and music, exploring a world in motion, redefining identity and what it takes to call a place home. Directed by acclaimed Indian theater director Sophiyaa Nayar, Movement LIVE hits listeners at the level of the hips, the heart, and the head.

 

Movement LIVE is co-commissioned by the Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College (Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD), Stanford Live, Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington (Seattle), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, and Arizona State University, Gammage.

“Meklit and her fellow artists showcased this power of music to connect us to our cultures and homes through a heartfelt performance.” – The Stanford Daily