125th & FREEdom

Created, directed and choreographed by Ebony Noelle Golden, 125th & FREEdom is an immersive, audience participatory cultural experience which asks: If Harriet Tubman were alive today how would she free Black people? New Yorkers will become one with Golden’s battle-weary tribe of nomads led by Tubman’s descendant on an epic journey to a land of promised liberation. Composed of 16 movements and featuring a New Orleans-style brass band, the choreopoetic performance took place at 11 sites as pop-up installations across the corridor of 125th Street from the East River to the Hudson River each Saturday in June 2020. 125th& FREEdom sees a victorious, but battle-weary tribe of nomads led by Tubman’s descendant on an epic journey to a land of promised liberation. Fusing song and poetry with choreography based on historic and current Black social dances, the piece will be an immersive, participatory cultural experience that is equal parts ritual performance, processional and protest.

Psalm of the Mismeasured and the Unfit

Psalm for the Mismeasured and Unfit, a performance installation on the medical industrial complex at the 43rd annual Scholar and Feminist Conference, Subverting Surveillance: Strategies to End State Violence

Curator, Writer & Producer: Cara Page

Curatorial Asst. & Researcher:  Nicola Glen Douglas

Choreographer/Director and Creative Collaborator: Ebony Noelle Golden

Performers/ensemble: Vesta Walker, Jaime Dzandu, Audrey Hailes, Jehan Roberson, Sara Abdullah