At War With Ourselves - 400 Years of You, Playbill 01/21/23

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MODLIN ARTS PRESENTS

AT W A R WITH OUR SE LVES -

40 0 Y ea rs of Y ou

JANUARY 21 | 7:30 PM Post-Performance Artist Talk Camp Concert Hall

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At War With Ourselves - 400 Years of You, Playbill 01/21/23

Published on Jan 16, 2023

Modlin Center for the Arts

A rhapsodic modern day paean spun from the skin of history for string quartet, chorus, and narrator, At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You features a libretto by National Book Award-winning poet Nikky Finney inspired by her 2013 poem “The Battle of and for the Black Face Boy.” The music was composed by Michael Abels, composer for the Jordan Peele films Us and Get Out. This powerful new work explores race relations, social justice, and civil rights in 21st-century America. Finney says the work is addressed to “both Black and white, both enslaved and free, bystander and non-bystander. We were then and now, At War With Ourselves. All of us, one human battlefield." Kronos Quartet David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Sunny Yang, cello Music by Michael Abels Text & Narration by Nikky Finney Chorus: Tonality and Richmond Community Singers

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