Black Magic Showcase Provides a Platform for Youth to Learn Chicago’s Black History Using Dance and Performing Arts


 

Black Magic Showcase Provides a Platform for Youth to Learn Chicago’s Black History Using Dance and Performing Arts 


Young Urban Creatives Showcase Travels Through Time To Pay Homage To Chicago Black History 

 


(Chicago, IL, February 5th) – Black Magic Showcase will debut on February 18th at Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd, Chicago, IL 60653, from 12:00 PM until 3:00 PM, The anticipated Black History showcase uses modern urban dance and performing arts to activate and engage with the youth to educate the importance of Chicago’s contribution to Black History Month.


The first carefully crafted Girls Like Me Project Inc. and Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies sponsored event will be the first of its kind in Chicagoland to incorporate urban performing arts interpretations as a form of storytelling depicting historical figures such as the Founder Father of Black History Carter G. Woodson and Ida B. Wells. The youth-curated event is intended to popularize and amplify Chicago’s black history and reclaim the narrative of how Chicago was the catalyst for Black History Month. The youth anticipated event will also showcase the history of Emmet Till, Fred Hampton, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and many more. Young professionally trained and self-taught performers as young as 6 years old will use the platform to showcase their talents to captivate, educate and entertain the audience and other invited youth groups throughout Chicagoland.


“The audience can expect to see 20 young urban creators from all over Chicagoland who all are using this platform to teach Black History in a language their peers can relate to,” said Black Magic founder and creative director Maya Unique. “For some youth, this will be the first time they will be taught that Black History was started in their backyard, and they should be proud of that. My goal is for them to be encouraged and motivated to share that knowledge with others”


Tickets for the Black Magic Showcase event can be purchased at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-magic-showcase-tickets-490639113797?fbclid=IwAR3E01eydSBBDz5c84LAdFe8qDiRrnag3_OyHwqMzk2Br2JuvPxU3YWk3rw&mibextid=Zxz2cZ


About the Producer

Since the age of 3, Maya Unique has found dance as her outlet. She is born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. Maya Unique has trained with Studio One Dance Theater inc, Mayfair Academy, Forward Momentum Chicago, and so many more. You can catch Maya Unique featured in various music videos behind well-known artists. Maya Unique plans on impacting and inspiring others through the art of dance and hopes to break barriers and norms for black girls in Chicago.


About Girls Like Me Project Inc 

The mission of Girls Like Me Project, Inc. is to help Black girls ages 13-18 critically examine social, cultural, and political ideologies in media so that they will be able to overcome stigmas and negative stereotypes. In addition, we equip them with the tools and strategies to become influential, independent digital storytellers who transform their communities and foster global sisterhood. The program intends to serve as a resourceful career-driven program in the Chicagoland area by creating a safe space for young women of color between the ages of 12-18 who aspire to pursue careers in the media industry.

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