Passing Strange

Institute History

Description

Stew's Passing Strange is the story of a young man's emergence out of an oppressively incurious black middle class world and his journey through various promised land bohemias, on route to an elusive sense of belonging. The piece uses a live band, dance, video, slides, and song to explore the limiting notions of black authenticity, the double outsider status of black bohemians, and the definition of home.

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