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Location
Brooklyn, NY
Project Title
/pe-LOH-tah/
Fiscal Year Awarded
2018
Grant or Program
National Theater Project Presentation Grant
Grant Amount
$5,000
In fall 2017, BAM will present /pe-LOH-tah/, a multidisciplinary performance work examining the complexities of soccer as a conduit for both global joy and global corruption. Poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph combines spoken word, charismatic storytelling, and choreography inspired by South African and Brazilian movement styles, all choreographed to the rhythm of “the beautiful game.” /pe-LOH-tah/ brings Joseph’s explosive hip-hop style to bear on the political, economic, and social significance of the spinning ball (pelota) we call earth.