Come As You Are: Vulnerability in the Concert Space
Postponed due COVID19. Date TBA.
What does it mean to come as you are, to be vulnerable? In a 2013 interview, sociologist Brené Brown, whose research focuses on shame and vulnerability, described being vulnerable as “showing up and being seen,” even in “uncertainty.” We believe that concert music has contributed greatly to performing arts but that it has also sometimes stifled creativity and vulnerability, maintained privilege and power, created oppressive expectations of formality, and caused separation between creators, performers, and audiences. This can lead to this music and its spaces feeling inaccessible to those who may feel they lack the privilege, training, and/or formality to be welcomed into an experience. Come As You Are aims to open up these barriers through reimagined musical experiences and storytelling in the concert space.
WHO: No Divide KC, in partnership with Mid America Freedom Band, and KC VITAs chamber choir.
WHERE: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1307 Holmes St., Kansas City, MO 64106
WHEN: September 10th, 2021
ABOUT NO DIVIDE KC:
No Divide KC uses the arts as a vehicle for stimulating social awareness, participation and community building. No Divide KC partners with Kansas City-based artists and organizations to create artistic events that are focused on the stories of underserved and misrepresented communities in Kansas City.
NO DIVIDE KC OFFICIAL DIVERSITY STATEMENT:
No Divide KC is firmly committed to representing our mission of diversity and equity within our board, the artists we collaborate with, our partnering organizations, and audiences. No Divide KC’s programming is intended to foster inclusivity and sensitivity to differences across race, ethnicity, religion, ability, class, gender expression, and sexual orientation. We uphold these values of fair access and sensitivity in all aspects of our functioning including:
Casting
Rehearsals
Performances
Narratives and concepts
No Divide KC’s programming is intended to foster an aware and accepting community. We do this by sensitively conceptualizing artistic events that incorporate a vast scope of artists, partnering with organizations that serve these areas, and focusing on engaging audience members from the communities we hope to serve.