Young, Gifted and Black Presents: Returning, Reshaping, Re…

(A collection of Star songs and soil)

June 6 – 7:30pm • June 7 – 1:30pm and 7:30pm

Created by Lilian Adom, Germaine Konji, Arianna Moodie, Riel Reddick-Stevens and Sharine Taylor

The showcase is rooted in decolonial approaches to design and direction, guided by Black performance aesthetics and multidisciplinary storytelling to explore the expansiveness of Blackness. The work draws from African and Afrofuturist storytelling traditions—where time, space, and meaning unfold in non-linear, cyclical, and intuitive ways. It flows between a range of characters and worlds, forming a narrative structure that is relational, symbolic, and centered in African ways of knowing and becoming.

Themes such as ancestral ties and roots, transformation, Black love, Black fragility, Black femininity, and Black joy are interwoven through a process grounded in exploration and improvisation. The work exists within a decolonial, African-centered perspective, inviting audiences into a world shaped by rhythm, ritual, and memory.

Learn more about Young, Gifted and Black here.