Wideman-Davis Performs Migratuse Ataraxia
In January 2020, Klein Arts & Culture hosted the showcase event of the Alabama Dance Festival: the world premiere of Migratuse Ataraxia, a site-specific dance performance researched, choreographed, and performed by The Wideman-Davis Dance Company. Over 270 young dancers and the public experienced the performance, which memorializes the lives of enslaved individuals by shifting the rules of representation in antebellum domestic spaces.
Black and White Wallace Homecomings
Klein Arts & Culture hosted homecomings in 2018 and 2019, each attended by about 40 people whose ancestors were connected to Klein during the antebellum period. Each homecoming began at the cemetery with prayers, the singing of Amazing Grace, a reading of the names of those buried in the Wallace cemeteries, and a ceremony honoring the enslaved persons who lay in unmarked graves. The group then adjourned to the house for a meal and facilitated discussion led by T. Marie King. Peter Datcher brought displays from his history house for viewing. Together, we are creating a new shared narrative in this place in which our ancestors lived