Once We Were Free (2025)
A land-rooted dance ritual in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY July 11th and 12th 2025
Choreographed and conceived by Rochelle Jamila in collaboration with the performers
Performed by Myssi Robinson, Es Webster, Catherine Kirk, Kentoria Earle, and Rochelle Jamila
Vocals by Tilishia Bradley
Blues guitar and vocals by Adjua Ajamu
Produced by Jason “Fletcher Christian” Laws | The Laws Group, LLC
What if we have everything we need?
What if it all works out?
What if we get it right?
Once (upon a time) we were free…
we held each other, we laughed often and hard,
we caressed time into a careening.
We flew away and came back home, we flowed like the river and became the river.
We found breath in ourselves and we were the breath,
wide and reaching like our nervous systems.
Wide and reaching and tectonic and brave.
