MDC Live Arts To Showcase Black Queen

MDC Live Arts will open its 2018-19 season with Black Queen in the Live Arts Lab in building 1 at Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. 2nd Ave., on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 at 8 p.m.

Black Queen tells the story of medieval queen Barbora of Celje through medieval melodies, poetry, electronics and a voice-controlled interactive star ceiling.

The performance is a collaboration between Live Arts Lab Alliance artist Juraj Kojš, Jennifer Beattie and Adam Marks.

“It is an exploration of what historical truth can bring to our contemporary life in a broader sense,” Kojš said. “It is a captivating story of a medieval queen and a parallel of women in power.”

MDC Live Arts is a performing arts presenter founded in 1990. LALA is made up of six local artist to be in residence at the MDC Live Arts Lab.

Tickets are free for Miami Dade College students. General admission tickets are $10 and can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com/event/3589841

For more information, contact MDC Live Arts at mdclivearts@mdc.edu or (305) 237-3010.