Live Performances along the Trail
Beltline After Dark
Get moving during Beltline After Dark, a series of free performances along the corridor. This year's event features a family-friendly hip-hop dance show.
The 2023 Beltline After Dark series featured No Tables, No Chairs, a fan-favorite celebration. (Photo Credit: The Sintoses)
Beltline After Dark: Amplified Body
Join us on Saturday, September 28 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Westside Park (Entrance I) for this year's Beltline After Dark performance.
Amplified Body is a family-friendly dance performance that seeks to embody the essence of hip-hop's emergence through the rhythmic lifecycle of the cicada and amplify untold stories through sculpture, dance, fashion, and soundscapes.
The arc of the performance will highlight four phases: emergence, search for community, expression of Joy through the process of creation, and the culmination of existing as one body for a means of survival.
Like the cicada, the world heard hip-hop for the first time and thought it purposeless noise, but like hip-hop, these sonic sounds can relay an emotional response in our hearts and minds. The cicada's kinetic structure serves as a metaphor for "One Body, One Sound." This artwork is the impetus of hope and unity, as is the birth of hip-hop, a sonic bop to communicate there is freedom in unity.
Meet PhaeMonae
PhaeMonae is a movement, wardrobe, and sound engineer who has had a long-standing artistic relationship with Magdalena O'Connor, Lamia Dingle, and Cailan Orn. Each of the collaborative team members has been working in Atlanta for over a decade. PhaeMonae worked with Magdalena on "Free Noir Papillon" in 2020, Lamia collaborated with T.Lang Dance in 2017, and Cailan worked with Gloatl from 2017-2019.
PhaeMonae is interested in bridging the unique talents possessed by each team member to create beautiful and meaningful artwork that honors both hip-hop and the cicada. They also believe in using mostly reclaimed, recycled, reused materials for the betterment of the planet and as a direct homage to hip-hop turning its rags to riches. The group places value in having a collaborative creative process where all parts work in relation to each other in order to bring forth bold ideas.
Through research and discovery within each collective area of expertise in choreography, sound exploration, wearable art, fashion, puppeteering, welding/fabrication, and body paint, the group hopes to share knowledge and rotate leadership.
Learn more about PhaeMonae in this piece from Arts ATL.
Know Before You Go
Get in the spirit ahead of time by listening to the performance's official Spotify playlist, curated by PhaeMonae and team.
Attendees are also invited to bring their blankets and chairs to the field to picnic together during the performance.
Check out the map below to follow the performance as it moves through different locations in the park during each act.
Watch the Work In Progress
Thank You to Our Atlanta Beltline Art Supporters
Beltline After Dark wouldn’t be possible without the help of grants and our Atlanta Beltline Art sponsors.
