Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Archive, World Premiere & Benefit
Last year, Kidjo was honored as one of the BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women from around the world and named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2021.” Read the Times tribute by Alicia Keys here.
General Admission Performance
Friday, March 4, 8pm
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Tickets start at $20MASS MoCA 2022 Benefit & Performance
Saturday, March 5, 4pm
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Tickets start at $250View a matinee performance of Yemandja then join in a post-performance cocktail hour, followed by dinner with the cast in MASS MoCA’s Building 6: The Robert W. Wilson Building.
Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination (including booster), plus a negative test, is required to attend Saturday’s performance and benefit.
Yemandja
Conceived by Angélique Kidjo, Jean Hebrail & Naïma Hebrail Kidjo
Book & Lyrics by Naïma Hebrail Kidjo
Music by Angélique Kidjo & Jean Hebrail
Developed with and Directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Production Designer Kerry James Marshall
Music Director John Samorian
Lighting Designer Kathy A. Perkins
Projections Designer Rasean Davonte Johnson
Costume Designer Mary Jane Marcasiano
Choreographer Beatrice Capote
Sound Designer Kumi Ishizawa
Dramaturg Iyvon E.
Sensitivity Coach Ann James
Casting Andrea Zee
Yemandja is co-commissioned by MASS MoCA, ArtsEmerson, The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College, Brown University Arts Institute, Cal Performances, Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Holland Festival, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Yale Schwarzman Center. Executive Producer: Xtina Parks. Produced by THE OFFICE performing arts + film.
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