SPIRIT MOVES introduces a Black family navigating life’s struggles, finding solace and strength in their shared stories. SPIRIT MOVES engages audiences in the act of storytelling with artist-led call-and-response and shared movement, building community through theater, music, and dance. SPIRIT MOVES centers Black artists in all creative spaces - playwright, composer, performers. The piece honors and celebrates African American cultural traditions and seeks to utilize these and other storytelling traditions to create a space in which everyone has a voice. Audiences will be encouraged to engage with the performing artists as participants co-creating a shared experience, with time and space dedicated to learning the participatory elements and building trust and confidence between the performers and the audience. SPIRIT MOVES is a new work that seeks to build community in real time, speak directly to the assembled audience, and in turn, hear directly from them.