Secrets of Slave Songs

© Alice Gebura

About the Work

This MN Sage Award nominated piece examines slavery and its legacy via the lens of negro spirituals as code songs.

  • Run Time: 53 minutes

  • Company Premiere: 2014

  • Choreographer: Karen Charles

  • Lighting Design: Karin Olson

  • Costume/Set Design: Annie Cady

  • Music: William Banfied, The Howard University Chamber Choir, Conspire, Company of Voices & Craig Hella Johnson, Derek Lee Ragin, Moses Hogan & Moses Hogan Singers, American Sipritual Ensemble, laTonya Peoples, Indra thomas, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Nina Simone, Saul Williams