This Is How We Listen: An Evening of Poetry, Movement, Music, and Conversation with Marlanda Dekine
Join ArtsUp SC for a transformative experience where sound becomes touch and words take physical form.
Celebrated poet and social-justice advocate Marlanda Dekine will lead the evening by weaving a narrative of identity and belonging. In a stunning display of real-time collaboration, Steinway pianist Dr. Steven Graff and movement artist Erin Bailey will improvise and respond directly to Dekine’s words, turning the stage into a shared space of empathy. An ASL interpreter will be signing throughout the performance to ensure accessibility for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
The evening concludes not with a curtain call, but with connection. Audiences are invited to join the artists for a guided dialogue on how we listen and imagine together, followed by a complimentary reception.
Adult – $35, Student – $20
ArtsUp SC Storyline Series Event
Saturday, February 21
Daniel Recital Hall at Converse University
7:30 p.m.