Step Afrika!
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence

The Step Afrika! production of The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence uses percussive-dance theatre to tell the history of The Great Migration, the decades-long movement beginning in World War I of more than six million Black Americans migrating from the rural South to the industrial North.

Pulsing, complex poly-rhythms using footsteps (stepping), clapping, and spoken word are a counterpoint to imagery and color motifs from Lawrence’s narrative sequence of paintings called The Migration Series.

Step Afrika! performed on the Eisenhower Auditorium stage in 2020. The company tours in over fifty cites annually around the globe to educate, motivate, and inspire young people on the power of the arts and its ability to instill core values of teamwork, commitment, and discipline.

View The Phillips Collection‘s online resource featuring all sixty panels of painter Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series, and watch the video of his personal ties to The Great Migration.
 

Reserve by October 25, 2024.

Why not make it a full day?

Extend the learning experience with a visit to Palmer Museum of Art to see Jacob Lawrence‘s “Confrontation on the Bridge.” Email Brandi Breslin at bgb56@psu.edu for information about a docent-led or self-guided tour.