The Alluvion World Music Series Presents: Ancestral Haiku

The Alluvion World Music Series presents Ancestral Haiku an interactive performance that weaves together live original music, dance, video projection and original artwork. Part performance, meditation, and ritual, Ancestral Haiku explores Black Ancestry, the Middle Passage, and engages the work of poet/scholar Mursalata Muhammad. Detroit jazz legend Marion Hayden and Legacy join dance artist and U-M faculty Robin Wilson, with artwork and video installation by M. Saffell Gardner.

Ancestral Haiku considers spiritual restitution as a way to alleviate spiritual suffering and begin the process of community healing. In particular, the use of buttons in visual media, soundscape and as interactive objects reflect West African religious practices that were carried over to African-American slave culture. Seen as objects of ritual and meaning, buttons connect the ancestral world with our own.

Bass Violin/Vocals/ Leader- Marion Hayden

Saxophones & Flute- Jeffrey Trent

Guitar - Max Bowen

Drums - Tariq Gardner

Movement Direction/Dancer - Robin Wilson

Dancer/Vocals - Alexandria Davis

Artwork and Video - M. Saffell Gardner

Doors open at 7 - Music at 7:30 - $30 advance tickets - $35 at the door

This is a fully seated, listening room-style show

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