Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music With REMEMBERING

 Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet (JGCO) will present Jamel Gaines’s multimedia theater work Remembering, featuring dance, theater, live music, spoken word, and video projection, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and February 17th at 2 p.m. Tickets $40-$100 and can be purchased by emailing remembering@creativeoutlet.org. The Company will then give performances and workshops in Cape Coast and Accra, Ghana, from February 18 to 27, in a cultural exchange program with the National Dance Company of Ghana and National Theater of Ghana. New York City Cultural Affairs Commissioner Laurie Cumbo will travel to Ghana with JGCO.

Remembering is an annual program celebrating Black History and was inspired by The MAAFA Suite – which commemorates the middle passage journey of African people bound for enslavement in the Americas – and the teachings of Bishop Rev. Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood. Set to music by John Williams, Philip Hamilton and BeBe Winans, Remembering has lighting design by Gregory L. Dratva, costumes by Hopie Lynn Burrows, spoken word by multimedia artists Talu Green, Gha’il Rhodes Benjamin, Theara Ward, and Shirley Black Brown-Coward, and imagery by Tom Feelings. 

“Remembering is a history lesson around art, culture, spirituality, social activism, education, and the African American experience through the eyes of world history,” said Gaines. “It’s a piece of cultural, artistic experience that continues to teach the world about people of color, history and the journey that transcends cultures all over the world. Remembering is an experience designed to educate, cultivate, and inspire all to learn about the richness of Black History and culture. Black History is truly world history.”

The February 15 performance is in collaboration with Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, City Council Member Crystal Hudson, and NAACP Brooklyn Chapter, and pays tribute to New York City Board of Education principals and teachers. The February 16 performance is in collaboration with the Delta’s Chapter of Brooklyn. The February 17 performance is in collaboration with the Brooklyn Brownstones Organization.

Each year, New York City public school students are invited to experience Remembering through JGCO’s School Time Performances. This year, more than 10,000 students will attend to learn about Black History by seeing excerpts of the work and lecture demonstrations.

JGCO has received commitments of nearly $25,000 in support of its Ghana tour.  A GoFundMe effort is HERE.

Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet is a non-profit organization whose mission is to use the artistic expression of dance and other integrated art forms to uplift communities through education, performance and cultural programming. The soul of its work is rooted in social justice, and spiritually connecting to one another through the arts. Creative Outlet feels blessed to celebrate 29 years of delivering cultural excellence to performing arts communities. 

 

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