This event is in the past.It took place on May 22, 2026 at Danspace Project Inc.
Two groundbreaking artists turn movement into text and language into flesh. Malcolm-x Betts and Okwui Okpokwasili read from new works that channel desire, grief, and the Black radical tradition through experimental dance.
Experimental performance
Black radical tradition
Interdisciplinary art
Dance and text
Tips
🎭Okwui Okpokwasili is a MacArthur Fellow
📖artists reading from new and in-progress works
Malcolm-x Betts + Okwui Okpokwasili
East Village
Two groundbreaking artists turn movement into text and language into flesh. Malcolm-x Betts and Okwui Okpokwasili read from new works that channel desire, grief, and the Black radical tradition through experimental dance.
Experimental performance
Black radical tradition
Interdisciplinary art
Dance and text
Tips
🎭Okwui Okpokwasili is a MacArthur Fellow
📖artists reading from new and in-progress works
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