Event · Community

Shout: Ring Shout Performances at the National Museum of American History

When

Sun, Oct 25 · 11:00 AM–11:30 AMSun Oct 25 and Sun Nov 1: 30-minute performances at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Where

Smithsonian National Museum of American History14th St & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DCOpen in Google Maps ↗

Ages

Kids & Families (no age range given)

Cost

FreeAssisted listening devices, wheelchair accessible

Organizer

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Upcoming dates: Sun, Oct 25 · Sun, Nov 1

SHOUT is a 30-minute performance by the National Museum of American History's ensemble, who sing, dance and teach through storytelling. Audiences learn about the ring shout, a practice blending song and rhythmic movement created by enslaved communities in the 1700s and 1800s, who combined religious practices of Europe and Africa into a cultural tradition that became iconically American. The performers connect its syncopated rhythms from past to present and show how music can be a form of joyful resistance in times of oppression. Performances are on Sundays, October 25 and November 1, at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., on the Wallace H. Coulter Performance Plaza, 1 West. Admission is free; the space is wheelchair accessible and assisted listening devices are available. The Smithsonian lists it under Kids & Families.