POET-PERFORMER MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH BRINGS SPOKEN WORD AND LOVE OF SOCCER TO THE STAGE ARTS EMERSON PRESENTS/peh-LO-tah/a futbol framed freedom suite BY MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH & THE LIVING WORD PROJECT------FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY MAY 1 – 5, 2019 AT THE EMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER------Press Performance is Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 7:30pm[Boston, MA – April 12, 2019] – ArtsEmerson is honored to welcome /peh-LO-tah/ a futbol framed freedom suite created by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a child of Haitian immigrants turned poet-performer activist, and now Artistic Director of Social Impact at The Kennedy Center./peh-LO-tah/ (meaning ball/court game/soccer in Spanish) combines spoken word and futbol inspired choreography to tell a love letter to black culture, and examines the promise of blissful freedom on the soccer field set within the realities of racial inequality. /peh-LO-tah/ takes audiences from the pickup games in rural Haiti to the World Cup stadiums of Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg, and plays ArtsEmerson for its closing five performances, May 1–5, at the Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage.
Tickets for /peh-LO-tah/ start at just $20 and may be purchased online at www.ArtsEmerson.org, by phone at 617.824.8400, or in person at the box office.
Group, student, and senior discounts are also available.
This show is recommended for audiences ages 13+.
View this clip to learn more about the story behind the making of peh-LO-tah
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*This show is recommended for audiences ages 13+.
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