Sunday, August 20, 2023

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)

SummerStage, Central Park

Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan, 10021

Drawing its name from Arrested Development’s song “People Everyday,” Saada Ahmed, Chef Roblé Ali, & DJ Moma’s Everyday People is both a party and a platform. A brunch party that evolved into a monthly residency with a 90s R&B soundtrack that celebrates the Black diaspora, Everyday People has become an international and intersectional safe space for partiers in New York, Los Angeles, and beyond, exporting immaculate vibes across the Atlantic to Nairobi, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.

This show will feature a special performance in collaboration with Works & Process. As part of this partnership, this season at SummerStage Ladies of Hip-Hop will perform at various shows. Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective (LDC) is an all-female intergenerational dance collective that creates dance works illuminating the strength, power and diversity of women in Hip-Hop.

SpeakMyMind is commissioned by Works & Process and is supported from studio-to-stage in Works & Process Bubble and LaunchPAD “Process as Destination” residencies at Bethany Arts Community (2021, 2022 and 2023), Catskill Mountain Foundation (2022), and Millay Arts (2023). Iterative performances have taken place at Dancers Responding to AIDS Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Guggenheim Museum, Jacob’s Pillow, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The work will premiere at Works & Process at the Guggenheim during the 2023-2024 season.

Photo: Titus Ogilvie-Laing