A Juneteenth performance by UnEarths, the dance company. Inherit is a multidisciplinary dance work that examines the legacies we carry across cultures, identities, and generations. Rooted in the spirit of Juneteenth, the piece honors freedom and resilience while exploring the inherited systems that shape our lives: environmental collapse, gender expectations, consumerism, and collective endurance.
Doors open at 5:30 PM; performance begins at 6:00 PM sharp.
A Juneteenth performance by UnEarths, the dance company.
Inherit is a multidisciplinary dance work that examines the legacies we carry across cultures, identities, and generations. Rooted in the spirit of Juneteenth, the piece honors freedom and resilience while exploring the inherited systems that shape our lives: environmental collapse, gender expectations, consumerism, and collective endurance.
Featuring a diverse cast of dancers, Inherit is both a reflection and a reckoning, asking what we hold onto, what we leave behind, and how we move forward together.
Company Mission Statement:
Under the artistic direction of Jeryl Palana Pilapil-Brown, Boston based dance company UnEarths mission is to encourage empathy by exploring the unheard parts of our identities and cultures, through multi-disciplinary dance.
Director/Choreographer Bio:
Jeryl Palana Pilapil-Brown is a Filipino-American dancer, choreographer, producer and teaching artist in the greater Boston area. Since graduating from Dean College with her B.A. as a dancer major, she has traveled throughout the states and abroad to Canada, London, Barcelona and Japan to immerse herself in various dance genres, the main ones being contemporary, street styles and heels. Jeryl is honored to be associate director of the CYDP Dance Company at Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center in Somerville. She is the founder and artistic director of UnEarths, a multi-disciplinary dance company that creates dance on video and live performance work. Stay up to date with Jeryl on Instagram @jerylpalana_.