Be Holding (World Premiere)

Philadelphia, PA

May 30, 7:30PM
May 31, 7:30PM
June 1, 7:30PM
June 2, 7:30PM
June 3, 7:30PM

Be Holding is a large scale operatic performance based on the book-length poem of the same name by Ross Gay. Inspired by Philadelphia basketball champion Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Be Holding explores themes of Black genius and beauty in the face of racial violence and inequities.

Created by an acclaimed team of professional artists including Gay, composer Tyshawn Sorey, director Brooke O’Harra, and musical ensemble Yarn/Wire, and produced by Girard College, a tuition-free boarding school for underserved youth.