Photos of Nona Hendryx (top left), Francesca Harper (top right), and Carl Hancock Rux (bottom left) by Marc Millman. Photo of Sun Ra (bottom right) courtesy of John Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago

Presented as part of the yearlong, citywide, Harlem Stage WaterWorks commissioned celebration of Sun Ra and his legacy. Presented in partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sun Ra was a visionary artist and composer who infused his ecstatic performances with costumes and mythology that both looked back to ancient Egypt and forward to science fiction. Nona Hendryx has created a multisensory tribute to Sun Ra with music direction by Craig Harris, choreography by Francesca Harper, costume/ set design by Virgil Ortiz and invocations by Carl Hancock Rux, conceived specifically for the Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing.

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Support for the Harlem Stage WaterWorks commissioning program provided by The Hearst Foundation, Bloomberg Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford Foundation, and Mosaic Fund.

This program is made possible in part by the Lavori Sterling Foundation, Inc.