Bronx-based multidisciplinary movement artist Alethea Pace will present her latest work between wave and water, a performance walk rooted in reclaiming the history of the African Burial Ground in Hunts Point. The performance will take place on Saturday, September 28, at 12:30pm (rain date: Sunday, September 29), at Joseph Rodman Drake Park/Enslaved African Burial Ground (corner of Hunts Point Avenue and Oak Point Avenue) in the Bronx.

Combining dance, storytelling, and song between wave and water is a site-specific performance where fragments of ancestral memory guide the audience through layers of history and present-day realities. The journey begins at Joseph Rodman Drake Park, a site that holds the echoes of those who came before us. From there, the group will traverse through Drake Park, witnessing the collision of past and present on the way to Hunts Point Riverside Park. A communal exploration of memory, identity, and hope, grounded in the rich history of the land we walk upon, between wave and water is an invitation to co-create a space to honor ancestral legacies and envision liberated futures.

between wave and water is written and directed by Alethea Pace. Choreographed by Alethea Pace with the dancers. Music composed and arranged by S T A R R busby. Lyrics by Alethea Pace. The work is performed by nine extraordinary performers: Maria Bauman, S T A R R busby, Imani Gaudin, Darvejon Jones, Alex LaSalle, Alethea Pace, Maleek Rae, Katrina Reid, and Indigo Sparks.

Following the performance, Pace and her collaborators invite the audience to join them at Pregones/PRTT’s Stage Garden Rumba.

between wave and water is part of Alethea Pace’s Civic Practice Partnership Residency at The Met Museum and is created with support from the Bronx Council on the Arts’ Cultural Visions Fund, Bronx Council on the Arts’ Bronx Dance Fund, Loghaven Artist Residency, MAD Artist Residency at Modern Accord Depot, and the MAP Fund.

Photo: Imani Gaudin in between wave and water, photo by Whitney Browne.