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JPAC to hold Black History performance

JPAC to hold Black History performance
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By Shanice Punnett

This weekend the Jamaica Performing Arts Center is featuring a dance and theatrical event called “Amazing Grace: From the Auction to the White House.”

Performances are Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m. at JPAC, at 153-10 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica. Tickets cost $20 and the show is about 90 minutes long.

At the event, which celebrates Black History Month, audience members will be able to participate in a performance that will take them on a journey through the African-American experience, from the auction block of slavery to the first black president in the White House. It is choreographed and directed by Courtney Ffrench.

The audience will witness dance performances that move through the various stages of American history: auction to plantation to the Civil War to Juneteeth to Jim Crow to civil rights to the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Participants will also be able to view a gallery displaying historical slave artifacts.

The performance is celebrating its 10th anniversary and gives participants a deeper understanding of and connection to this complex component of American history.