The Center for Performing Arts

Illuminate

A Celebration of African American Icons

Friday, February 26, 2027

10 AM & 12 PM

Grades: 5th +

Groups 9 or less, Click below

Groups 10 or more, Click below

Presented by South Chicago Dance Theatre

 

Tickets: $9.50 $8.50 until September 1st

 

Curriculum Connections:  American History, Dance, African American Studies, Cultural Responsiveness

 

This performance educates students on the black culture bearers and activists whose voices nurtured the landscape of the Civil Rights Era. Through this electric dance performance, students will engage with the work of Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Motown, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Otis Redding, Diana Ross and many more!

 

Groups 9 or less, Click below

Groups 10 or more, Click below

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