Ni’Ja Whitson’s Oba Qween Baba King Baba engages spiritual multiplicity and the role of Queerness in the Divine. The work’s title is based on the Yorùbá word “Oba,” which is a genderless term that has come to be known as a king.
This interdisciplinary work, performed by The NWA Project, is informed by personal narratives of queer and trans children of preachers and designed to be witnessed from above. Through movement, poetry, jazz, textile and video art, Oba Qween Baba King Baba uncovers architectures of the body, space, and sexuality to interrogate power and ways masculinity influences the perceived histories of religion.
An iteration of this work was presented during Dancing Platform Praying Grounds: Blackness, Churches, and Downtown Dance (Platform 2018) curated by Reggie Wilson.
Co-commissioned by Danspace Project and Abrons Arts Center.
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Ni’Ja Whitson: Oba Qween Baba King Baba
First Preview: Mar 15, 2019
Opening Date: Mar 28, 2019
Closing Date: Mar 31, 2019
Running Time: 01:15
https://www.abronsartscenter.org/program/u-s-premiere-nija-whitson-the-nwa-project-oba-qween-baba-ki
Playing @
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
Music
- Douglas R. Ewart
Choreography
- Ni’Ja Whitson
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Lottery & Rush
$15 - Danspace members. Pending availability
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Entrance
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Water Fountain
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