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13th & Republic is produced by the award-winning Cincinnati-based arts organization “Walterhoope” http://www.walterhoope.com/, currently in its fourth season and recently featured in Cincinnati magazine.
“13th & Republic” is a locally-produced “interactive operatic radical dance film,” innovatively produced through creative-collaboration-in-the-era-of-covid, featuring the original music of Kaleel Skeirik, the inspiring poetry of Tyrone Williams, gospel choir director/pianist Rev. Dan Larkin, director/choreographer Darnell Pierre Benjamin, and local dancers, singers, and film professionals. Skeirik’s original piece was motivated by the shooting of Timothy Thomas in 2001 at 13th & Republic in Cincinnati.
About 13th & Republic
Walterhoope presents 13th & Republic, an Interactive, Operatic, Radical Dance Film directed by Darnell Pierre Benjamin that addresses excessive police force against Black communities and the mental health of the country.
13th & Republic features an original score by composer Kaleel Skeirik that weaves together contemporary symphonic, jazz, renaissance, and Appalachian folk music with original poetry and lyrics by Tyrone Williams.
This project is made possible in part by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC)
Grant support from Xavier University, Ohio Arts Council, Christ Church Cathedral.