Davis

The Essentialisn’t

HERE, Off-Off-Broadway

Performance Art

About the Show

Can you be Black and not perform? Incorporating art gallery aesthetics and an electronic soul score, Eisa Davis performs a piece about performance, exploring the cultural techniques that make musical expression a kind of imprisonment—or a transcendent liberation.

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Show Details

Running Time:

1hr 8min

Dates:

First Preview: September 10, 2025

Opening Night: September 12, 2025

Closing Night: September 28, 2025

Location:

HERE , New York City

145 6th Ave,

New York,

10013

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