Format: Kuumba 365

Syreeta Hector presents her solo performance work, echoing her ancestors’ guidance within the dance.

Esie Mensah responds through the medium of dance to The Power Plant’s Fall 2024 Exhibitions.

Katlyn Addison performs a ballet piece inspired by the complex tapestry of cultural exchange.

Through song, dance and the traditional Guinean rhythm of Soko, Shayenne pays tribute to ancestral stories.

“This project is an exchange of artistic ideas between artists, and as a poet, my job is to write a poem that reflects whatever I’m feeling or seeing.”

“I don’t want people to hear my work. I want people to feel the work.”

“Poets have always been philosophers and revolutionaries – they think outside the box, speak truth to power, and speak truth in general.”

Harbourfront Centre’s KUUMBA 365, presented by TD Bank Group through the Bank’s Corporate Citizenship platform, the TD Ready Commitment, is a dynamic initiative celebrating Black cultures all year long. In partnership with The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, the annual program invites new artists each February to explore and create works through the Black cultural […]