MOVEMENT Live is an evening-length performance experience, featuring Meklit and directed by acclaimed Indian theater director Sophiyaa Nayar. The show combines the energy of a concert with the intimacy of first-person storytelling, all supported by a rich sonic landscape featuring powerful songs and immersive sound design.

 

MOVEMENT Live is co-commissioned by Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington (Seattle) and debuted there on May 7, 2022. The show is also co-commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, where it was performed to critical acclaim in Sept 2022. Other co-commissioners include Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, Stanford Live, and Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College (Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD) and Arizona State University, Gammage.