A Beautiful Fight

A Beautiful Fight

The Racial Politics of Capoeira in Backland Bahia

“A Beautiful Fight” examines the potentials and limits of capoeira Angola to cohere a multiracial community committed to antiracist struggle.
‘The Wolves’ opens Feb. 21 in Edison Theatre

‘The Wolves’ opens Feb. 21 in Edison Theatre

Nine players take to the pitch. The competition is fast, creative and ruthless. And that’s before they meet the other team. In “The Wolves,” which opens Feb. 21 in Edison Theatre, Pulitzer-nominated playwright Sarah DeLappe captures the raw energy, unfiltered banter and accumulating pressure of an elite girls’ soccer team.
‘A place to develop the work’

‘A place to develop the work’

As founder and producing director of The Black Rep, Ron Himes has worked with scores of playwrights to stage hundreds of shows, including dozens of world premieres. This spring, The Black Rep will present new plays by two celebrated young dramatists: Melda Beaty’s Coconut Cake and Kelundra Smith’s The Wash.
Great Artists Series welcomes Karen Gomyo, Orion Weiss

Great Artists Series welcomes Karen Gomyo, Orion Weiss

Violinist Karen Gomyo, “a first-rate artist of real musical command,” (Chicago Tribune) and Orion Weiss, a “brilliant pianist” (The New York Times) with “powerful technique and exceptional insight” (The Washington Post), will perform music of Mozart, Bach, Adams, Dvořák and Brahms Feb. 16 for WashU’s Great Artists Series.
WashU Dance Theatre in Edison Dec. 6-8

WashU Dance Theatre in Edison Dec. 6-8

“It’s Time,” the 2024 WashU Dance Theatre performance, will take place Dec. 6-8 in Edison Theatre. The evening-length concert will feature original works by visiting choreographers MJ Imani and Stephanie Martinez and faculty choreographers Joanna Dee Das, Elinor Harrison and David Marchant.
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