Me and Jesus and Prince and Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a One Bedroom apartment in the Bronx
by Shavon Norris
Showing at the CCNH Theater
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Showing at the CCNH Theater •
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A love letter
and a challenge to the biological, cultural, and historical artifacts and fossils in her blood and in her vision.
Showing in the Christ Church Neighborhood House Theater
20 N American St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Friday, Dec 9 @ 7:00 PM
Saturday, Dec 10 @ 7:00 PM
Sunday, Dec 11 @ 4:00 PM
Appropriate for ages 18+
I grew up in a Black Sci-fi Christian home in the Bronx. My childhood was full of time travel, prayers, and the planet trying to recover from the apocalypse. There were Angels and aliens. There were twilight zone marathons, zombies and Sunday morning pews. I am from the Bronx. I do not speak the King’s English. I speak the Bronx English. My people have Caribbean and West Indian accents and tones. I speak Black Baptist church. Hymns and scriptures. I speak live long and prosper. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. I speak Prince. Sade. Luther Vandross. I speak the erotic and the sensual. The lusciousness and deliciousness of the body. Me and Jesus and Prince and Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Bronx. I’m gonna dance them. Talk them. Altar. Chant. Sing them. Art them. Medicine them. Miracle and magic them. Circle them and share them. Hold them upside down. And shake out what’s hiding in the pockets. Me and Jesus and Prince and Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Bronx. We gonna tussle and we gonna pray. Mourn and celebrate. A little protest. A little prophecy. Maybe make peace and invite pleasure. We’ve lived our lives together. This is what I have to show for it.
Me and Jesus and Prince and Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a solo performance from choreographer, dancer, and facilitator Shavon Norris that explores the sounds, words, languages, doctrines, people(s), places, and objects that flooded her developing mind, body, and spirit. It is a love letter and a challenge to the biological, cultural, and historical artifacts and fossils in her blood and in her vision.
Written, Choreographed, and Performed by: Shavon Norris
Associate Director: Alex Torra
Creative/Emotional/Thinking Community (acknowledging those who hold space for Shavon in the different ways she wonders and wanders): Danielle Currica. Donya Williams. Maureen Randolph. The Williams Family. Eli Nixon. Jumatatu Poe. Marcie Mamura. Megan Quinn. Rachel Camp. Leah Stein. Subcircle Residency.Headlong.
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About the Artist:
Shavon Norris
Shavon Norris is an artist, educator, and facilitator. She uses movement along with text and sound and imagery to reveal and highlight the stories living in our bodies. Her work explores our relationship to our identities, our experiences, and to each other. An examination and celebration of what we feel, think, and believe. She received a BA in Biology from Manhattanville College and an MFA in Dance and Choreography from Temple University. Presently she teaches at Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University and Swarthmore College. As an artist her work has been presented at venues in New York City and Philadelphia. As a performer, she has participated in performances for Silvana Cardell, Leah Stein, Merian Soto, Jumatatu Poe, David Brick and has toured with Pig Iron Theatre Company. As an educator and facilitator, Shavon has worked with Headlong Performance Institute, Pig Iron School, Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Need in Deed, LiveConnections, and Arts and Business Council for Greater Philadelphia. In partnership with these organizations, as well as others, Shavon has offered short and long-term learning to diverse communities on topics of Movement, Intentional Inclusivity, Mindfulness, Wellness, and Healing Centered/Trauma Informed Practices. Shavon’s artistic and educational philosophies are rooted in the desire to offer herself, learners, performers, and audiences, opportunities to deepen the understanding of self and the collective. To explore ways to light us up, lift us up and shift what needs transforming. She loves all of the living and working she gets to do in the world.
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