abeni's tenth year of visions

Since its inception in 2008, I've attended almost every one of the annual performances of "Visions: An Odyssey in Black Dance". (I may have missed one a few years back.)
I've seen it grow every year.
First, there were probably only eight dancers, and some were children of the adults in the hour-long show.
This year, there were at least thirty dancers of all ages on the floor at any given time. The two-hour show had an intermission to allow the dancers some breathing space.
Always occurring during Black History Month, the event is generally held over the course of a weekend in mid-February.
This year, in its final times at Muse Arts Warehouse, the dance concert has been performed for the last two weekends of the month.
This also marks the last time this story will be presented.
Muriel Miller, the woman behind the scenes and on the dance floor, titled this a "10th Anniversary Showcase" and made it worthy of that additional name.

Chronicling the story of blacks in the Americas, the tale begins with tribal infighting in Africa. Then it moves on to the hardship of travel across the ocean and continues with that of working on the plantations. Free at last, and with the right to vote, change continues, leading to the present day.
No words are ever spoken.
Not a single one.
The music and the movements of the dances tell the emotional tale like mere words could never do.

I look forward to the new story to be created for next year.
Abeni Cultural Arts Performing Dance Studio... don't miss their award-winning performances! You can even take classes and perhaps be in an upcoming show!

i thank You, God, to have shared this experience one last time!