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Live Arts Miami (LAM) will present Michelle Grant-Murray’s RoseWater, the first of six unforgettable new performances addressing climate change and sustainability produced by LAM’s 2020/2021 LALA Artists in Residence. The live performances will take place on Friday, Apr. 23, and Saturday, Apr. 24, 7:30 p.m., at Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 SW 57 Ave. Shows are open free to the public with limited capacity.
A hauntingly beautiful piece of dance theater, RoseWater is a dance ritual inspired by the ancestral practice of rosewater baths prepared by the artist’s grandmother. The performance masterfully blends sobering revelation with hopeful inquiry, calling for transformational change and acknowledging the multigenerational legacy of healing and restoration passed down through ancestral lines in Black communities.
This thought-provoking, outdoor performance will transform Pinecrest Gardens into a space of inspired ritual movement, critical inquiry, and embodied memory, all organized into various stages and performances throughout the grounds, featuring some of Miami’s most talented performers accompanied by projections of originally-produced video works related to the themes of the performance.
The project begins the much-anticipated LALA Performance Series, the capstone to Live Arts Miami’s Live Arts Lab Alliance Artist (LALA) residency program, which empowers local performing artists from different backgrounds and disciplines to generate new work and establish new networks of creative feedback and collaboration.
In 2020, Live Arts Miami announced its latest cohort: six locally-based artists selected across performing arts disciplines to develop works centered on climate change and sustainability in Miami, including Michelle Grant-Murray, Dale Andree, Sandra Portal-Andreu, Fereshteh Toosi, Susan Caraballo, and Hattie Mae Williams.
Choreographer, director, and producer Michelle Grant-Murray is an independent choreographer, performer, and artistic director of Olujimi Dance Theatre. Currently, she is associate professor and coordinator of dance at Miami Dade College, where she also is the artistic director of the Jubilation Dance Ensemble and executive director of the annual Artistry-in-Rhythm Dance Conference.
Prof. Grant-Murray holds a bachelor’s degree in dance from Jacksonville University, a master’s degree in African studies with a pedagogy and cultural studies concentration from Florida International University, and an MFA in choreography from Jacksonville University.
Performers include A’Keitha Carey, Melissa Cobblah-Gutierre, Erika Loyola, Shanna Woods, and Prof. Grant-Murray. Films by Woosler Delisfort and C.W. Griffin. Apon Nichols is the light designer, Edwena Hernandez is the costume designer.
This show will be presented live to a limited audience with COVID-19 safety protocols in place. All guests must register in advance and show their e-ticket on their mobile device at the door for a contactless experience. All are required to adhere to social distancing guidelines and wear the appropriate facial coverings correctly throughout the event, except when eating or drinking. This live performance is open free to the public with limited capacity. RSVP required.
For more information about the artist, cast, and crew, visit www.liveartsmiami.org. RSVP at www.liveartsmiami.org.
