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IHRAF: Celebration of Immigration

  • The Tank 312 W 36th St New York, NY, 10018 United States (map)

The International Human Rights Art Festival:

Celebration of Immigration

Wednesday, December 11th @ 7:00pm

Featuring:

Excerpts from Ep "HOME" : Oceans - Ter La presented by Natie

Through her music, Natie aims to share the experience of being creole (mixed race) and uprooted, with authenticity and grounding, in the hope to foster more openness and belonging. Her solo set up consists of live looping her voice and violin and creating beats live with flavors of neo Soul & World music.

A Very Nigerian Dream presented by Taiwo Aloba

CAST

Ammunikee Gomez
Obi Nwako

The play explores the trend of young Nigerians leaving their country for a better life.

Through presented by Kenneth Keng/Goran Popovich

Directed by Goran Popovich

Through is about the simple, straightforward task of going through immigration at JFK.

echoes presented by Al Evangelista

Featuring Nikaio Thomashow
Composed by Douglas Hertz
Dramaturgy by Caitlin Kane

"echoes" fuses contemporary, hip-hop, and traditional Filipinx dance forms, elevated by cutting-edge motion capture technology. This dynamic performance explores themes of migration and cultural identity, weaving together the past and present in a way that is both visually stunning and emotionally resonant.

Access Denied presented by Between Us Theatre Co

featuring Annie Kefalas

An exploration of a situation many of us find ourselves in when a woman wants access to her destination.