Tariq Al-Sabir performing original song cycle UnwantedVisuals: Excerpt from Black Breath Directed & Shot by Monique Muse DoddActors: Nana Chinara, Aya Lane, and Yunique A. SaafirPhoto Credit: Richard Termine (c) Mabou Mines

Tariq Al-Sabir performing original song cycle Unwanted

Visuals: Excerpt from Black Breath Directed & Shot by Monique Muse Dodd

Actors: Nana Chinara, Aya Lane, and Yunique A. Saafir

Photo Credit: Richard Termine (c) Mabou Mines

Tariq Al-Sabir performing original song cycle UnwantedVisuals: Monique Muse DoddDancer: Chanté MichelePhoto Credit: Richard Termine (c) Mabou Mines

Tariq Al-Sabir performing original song cycle Unwanted

Visuals: Monique Muse Dodd

Dancer: Chanté Michele

Photo Credit: Richard Termine (c) Mabou Mines

#Unwanted

COMPOSER/CREATOR

Tariq Al-Sabir

VIDEO DIRECTION

Monique Muse Dodd

Unwanted: A multimedia song cycle written for a unique ensemble (including voice, actor, woodwinds, brass, percussion, synthesizer and electronics) that communicates real-time with film, focusing on the present trauma and cynical frustrations that plague social media oriented Black Millennials.

Muse created 7 unique visuals in collaboration with Tariq for the premiere of this piece at Mabou Mine's Theater. 

Reprise is an outro, a respite from the struggles of being black in America. Shot and edited by Monique Muse Dodd, footage from her cousin’s wedding in New Orleans.