Okwui Okpokwasili:Poor People's TV Room

First Preview: Apr 12, 2017

Opening Date: Apr 19, 2017

Closing Date: Apr 30, 2017

Running Time: 01:10

http://newyorklivearts.org/event/poor-peoples/

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New York Live Arts

219 West 19th Street, New York City, NY 10011

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Bessie Award-winning and New York Live Arts’ Stryker/Ranjelovic Resident Commissioned Artist Okwui Okpokwasili presents the culmination of her two-year residency at Live Arts with the New York Premiere of Poor People’s TV Room.

The piece is informed by two historic incidents in Nigeria: The Women’s War of 1929, a resistance movement against British colonial powers, and the Boko Haram kidnappings of more than 300 girls that launched the Bring Back Our Girls movement.

Created in collaboration with director/visual designer Peter Born, the piece will be performed by a multi-generational ensemble, featuring movement, song and text influenced by dystopian folklore, speculative fiction, Igbo cosmology and the futures and commodities markets

Dance Dance

Show Notes: No Intermission

Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM

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Video

Okwui Okpokwasili "Poor People's TV Room" 5 Minute Excerpt from Peter Born on Vimeo.

Accessibility

Box Office

Lobby level; accessible
Restroom

The ground floor restrooms and theater are wheelchair accessible.
Elevator/Escalator

Elevator to all floors
Telephone

None on premises
Entrance

The lobby is accessible via the double doors to the left of the revolving door at 219 W 19th Street.
Wheelchair Info

The first floor lobby is a communal public space and wheelchair accessible via the street facing double doors next to the main entrance at 219 W 19th Street. Theater, dressing rooms and 3rd floor studios are accessible by elevator. Restrooms throughout the building and theater are wheelchair accessible.
Folding Armrests

None available
Parking

Street parking only
Water Fountain

Lobby level; wheelchair accessible