Birmingham, AL Events

A site-specific dance performance inspired by the 1963 Children’s Crusade. Together with musician Lonnie Holley, Amal explores the City Walk BHAM and helps raise up the voices of young people.

In partnership with Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre (YSDT), Create Birmingham, Lonnie Holley and Alabama School of Fine Arts.

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Sparks fly and iron glows as Amal takes part in a ferocious iron pour at the historic Sloss Furnaces. A pulsing drum beat rings through the air…

In partnership with Create Birmingham, Sloss Metal Arts, Sahi On Ko Djony and Carey Fountain.

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As Amal says goodbye to Birmingham, Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley Jones wishes Amal a safe onward journey.

In partnership with Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, National Park Service, 16th Street Baptist Church, Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir and Create Birmingham.

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Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) is a state-funded public school for students in grades 7-12 that provides an intensive specialty-focused education in the arts, math, and science to students with outstanding talent from across Alabama.

The recent completion of Birmingham’s I-59/20 Central Business District (CBD) Interstate bridges brings about a renewed focus on the space underneath the bridges known as City Walk BHAM. The goal of City Walk BHAM is to provide a space to assist in reconnecting Birmingham and create a destination and common area open to all citizens.

Create Birmingham’s mission is to invest in economic development in the nonprofit and commercial creative sectors including performing arts, visual arts and crafts, culture and heritage, media and film, design, and culinary arts. As the only agency in the region exclusively devoted to the creative industries, it is Create Birmingham’s privilege to collaborate with individuals, businesses, and organizations to identify opportunities, overcome barriers, and strengthen communities.

Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre (YSDT) creates invigorating performance and education programs that expand access to – and promote understanding through – the arts. Founded in 2005 by Samar Haddad King in NYC, YSDT has a repertoire of 30+ original works performed across NYC at venues such as Downtown Dance Festival, Gibney, Harlem Stage, Joyce SoHo, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Queens Museum and more; regionally; and abroad in 15 countries across four continents, including festivals such as Shubbak Festival (UK), Nuit Blanche (Belgium), Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival (Palestine), SIDance (South Korea), Spring Festival (Tunisia), Theater der Welt, Theaterformen (Germany) and Theater Spektakel (Switzerland). Since 2011, the company has worked transnationally between NYC and Palestine, and is committed to uniting diverse artists and audiences in the creative process, rooted in the belief that art should be liberating, transformative, and accessible to all. For more information, visit: www.ysdt.org.