The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist coming to Lincoln Center

Pitched at the New York 2023 Congress, The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist is an opera-theater work commissioned and produced by the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College with commissioning support from Stanford Live. Created by librettist Vievee Francis, composer Jonathan Berger, and visual artist Enrico Riley, the piece is a creative act of resistance that responds to the murder of Eric Garner at the hands of police. The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist is a call to resist and heal from violence perpetuated by racist and constricting worldviews. Centering the voice and plea of a daughter/activist, the multi-disciplinary work interweaves music, text, visuals and movement, gathering us together as co-conspirers—to keep breathing any way we can. 

The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist will run at Lincoln Center this July as part of the Summer Festival at Damrosch Park, July 19-20, 2024. The producing team will also be organizing surrounding participatory activation events involving artists and arts organizations as part of the honoring of Eric Garner on the 10th anniversary of his murder on Staten Island.

Click and view the project video here!

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