The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence at Penn State (University Park, PA)

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Using its hallmark style of percussive dance-theater, Step Afrika! ’s The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence tells the story of one of the largest movements of people in United States history when millions of African American migrants moved from the rural South to the industrial North in the 1900s to escape Jim Crow, racial oppression, and lynchings. Inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s iconic 60-panel “The Migration Series” (1940-41), this signature work from the award-winning dance Company uses the images, color palette, and motifs in the painting series to tell this astonishing story through pulsating rhythms and visually stunning movement.

“A Living, Breathing, Stepping ‘Exhibition of Jacob Lawrence”

– New York Times

Want to see the inspiration up close? Immerse yourself in The Phillips Collection’s amazing resource featuring information about Jacob Lawrence and his The Migration Series.