Dancers in dresses on a dark stage. There is a puff of smoke just above them.

Repertory

Finding Free

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2024

ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER

Terri Ayanna Wright

MUSIC

Matthew Whitaker

COSTUME DESIGN

Hope Boykin and Jon Taylor

LIGHTING DESIGN

Al Crawford

Finding Free is not the absence of trials but the ability to carry weight,  
gaining the strength to endure. 

Hope Boykin's collaboration with composer and pianist Matthew Whitaker examines the challenges and restrictions throughout life’s peaks and valleys that propel the journey forward. This insightful work uses Boykin’s movement-language and Whitaker’s jazz and gospel influenced score to explore notions of personal freedoms.

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Funders

The creation of Finding Free is supported by The Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation.

The world premiere of Finding Free is made possible by Judith McDonough Kaminski & Joseph Kaminski. 

The choreographer is grateful for support she received from American Dance Festival  
and the BAM Resident Artist Program during the creation of this ballet.