Advisor: Ava LaVonne Vinesett
DATE: February 20, 2026
TIME: 3:30pm
LOCATION: Stagville Historic Site,The Great Barn,
Address: 6026 Jock Rd, Bahama, NC 27503
The Black Palimpsest is a choreographic and sonic offering that moves through Durham's sacred landscapes, centering the Stagville Historic Site, once among the South's largest plantations. Guided by Tristian - who searches for ancestral truth suspended between fact and intuition - a collective of artists summons ancestral memory through movement, sound, and ritual, carrying stories of pain, resistance, and rebirth. At its core, the work becomes an act of remembrance and revelation, invoking spirit, lineage, and enduring Black presence.
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