Music is our witness, and our ally. The beat is the confession which recognizes, changes and conquers time. Then, history becomes a garment we can wear and share, and not a cloak in which to hide; and time becomes a friend. – James Baldwin 

Minty Fresh Circus is a journey through time and space, using circus and dance as the forms

Minty Fresh Circus is a journey through time and space, using circus and dance as the forms with which to explore themes of liberation when it exists only through the imagination.  In past and future realities, bodies transmit codes of protection, adornment, healing, joy, and spiritual communion. Through Minty Fresh Circus we (re)discover music as medicine, find murmuration and flocking as survival, and summon oasis spaces through ritual. Minty Fresh takes us beyond struggle and below the surface to the places where Black joy takes practice born from blood and becomes birthed as power. A raucous, playful reimagination of circus and story through movement, visual design, and sound, Minty Fresh evokes and reflects the dignity, resilience, and transcendence of the Black American experience

Confirmed Creative team

Movement Director

Adesola Osakalumi

Music Consultant

Dr. Fredara Hadley

Dance Consultant

Traci Bartlow

Composer

Soul Science Lab

Dramaturge and Creative Consultant

Kim Cook

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