ExxonMobil Discovery Series: Emancipation!

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Introducing 5th Graders to the World of the Performing Arts

ARTS PARTNER: SHAWANNA RENEE RIVON
ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON

ShaWanna’s commissioned work, Emancipation!, is a play with music that examines how our Black Ancestors in Houston, particularly on Emancipation Street in Third Ward, fought for our freedom. Emancipation! involves dancing, singing, and celebration of the accomplishments that Blacks have made in this city but also shows us how we are no freer today than we were during Reconstruction Years. What we do today will determine the legacy of those who shoulders we stand on and how we can all have true freedom in the future.

ShaWanna has teamed up with musical director and writer Melanie Bivens who created all new music for Emancipation and directed by Monique Midgette.

In the 2024-2025 school year, the Hobby Center is excited to present a diverse range of free educational field trips to Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall with the goal of serving 5th grade students in Houston. Through this TEKS-aligned series, 5th grade students are introduced to dance, music and/or theater in ways that are engaging, fun and further their learning and belonging.

Learn More about the Hobby Center’s educational programming and future opportunities for all Houston school districts.

This project is supported in part by an award from the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Mid-America Arts Alliance.

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This is a free event

This is a non-ticketed event. Performances are provided free of charge to 5th graders and teachers in Houston public schools.
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