HAPPY CLOSING to Black Water/Savior! It’s been so wonderful sharing these two incredible pieces with you this week. Thank you to everyone who came out to support! Jeremy Beck’s Black Water Soprano - @makaylammcdonald Dancer - @havannafisher Piano - @amberer.scherer Stage Director - @thisismichellebeck Choreographer - Joya Powell Music Director - @stephanieleotsakos Amy Beth Kirsten’s Savior Joan - @abagaelcheng Joan - @ciera.zazu Joan - @rebeccasacksmezzo Flute - @rebelflute Cello - @biberoni Percussion - @colleendbern Stage Director - @jen.pitt Music Director - @juliannemerrill Associate MD - @nyc_pj Production Stage Manager @chris5280 Assistant Stage Manager @ccmilbrandt Production Scenic Design @klpater Assistant Scenic Design @rebeccabickleyclayton Production Lighting Design @staceyboggs Associate Lighting Design @betsknowsbest BW Costume Design - Alicia Austin Savior Costume Design - Sienna Zoë Allen Wardrobe - @jack_gialloreto Audio Engineer @evantyor Audio Engineer/Sound Design @elibronstein Production Photography @andrewbisdalephotography (fb)

Meet the choreographer of BLACK WATER! Our production of Jeremy Beck's BLACK WATER - originally created as a monodrama for soprano and piano - has been reimagined to include dance to convey this intensely physical story in the hands of choreographer JOYA POWELL. JOYA POWELL is a native Harlemite, Choreographer, and Educator passionate about community, activism, and dances of the African Diaspora. Joya is the recipient of The 2016 Outstanding Emerging Choreographer Bessie Award. Hailed by The New York Times as a “radiant performer;” throughout her career she has danced with choreographers such as Paloma McGregor, Katiti King, Neta Pulvermacher, Nicole Stanton, Marsha Parrilla, Donlin Foreman and Paco Gomes. Her choreography has appeared at venues such as: BAM Opera House, Meet the Artist Saturday's at Lincoln Center, SummerStage, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, FLICfest 2016, Dance New Amsterdam, Casa del Prado Theatre in San Diego, Montgomery College Theater in Maryland, The Hammerstein Ballroom, Dixon Place, and BAAD!. She has also choreographed such Off-Broadway and out of state plays as: JOB by Thomas Bradshaw (The Flea Theater), Fit for a Queen by Betty Shamieh (The Classical Theatre of Harlem), True Bible Tales by Robert Askins (Jewish Plays Project/E. 14th St. Y), and The Minstrel Show by Amina Henry, Ducklings by Amina Henry (The National Black Theater), and Gilgamesh and The Mosquito by Sam Chanse and Bob Kelly. Joya is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Wesleyan University, a part of the Artistic Resource Group for The FLEA Theater, a collaborating member of Dance Caribbean Collective, choreographic collaborator of Table Theater + Radical Evolution. She received her M.A. in Dance Education from New York University, and her B.A. in Latin American Studies and Creative Writing from Columbia University. As Artistic Director/Choreographer of Movement of the People Dance Company Joya is dedicated to connecting cultures, creating socially conscious choreography and community engagement. BLACK WATER runs May 15 - 18th at the Sheen Center! Tickets on sale now through our bio and www.citylyricopera.org/black-water-savior (fb)