performance: Until the River Never Grieves
February 11 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm
In celebration of Black History Month, we invite you to join us for the performance Until the River Never Grieves by Bob Devin Jones. This choreopoem originally debuted in conjunction with our pervious exhibition Aimé Césaire: Poetry, Surrealism and Négritude curated by Bod Devin Jones and The Dalí’s Curator and Senior Interpreter, Peter Tush.
Until the River Never Grieves, is a celebratory “choreopoem,” of the Négritude Movement and the timeless poems of Aimé Césaire. The performance features actors, dancers, musicians and a variety of musical instruments. “Until the River Grieves is my joyous response in researching the life and creative work of Aimé Césaire for this exhibition” said Bob Devin Jones.
Click here to view our Aimé Césaire Online Exhibit.
Location: The Dalí Museum’s Will Raymund Theater
Tickets: $5
Admission to the galleries is not included.
Bob Devin Jones
Bob Devin Jones, a native of Los Angeles began his theatrical career as an actor performing in Shakespeare Festivals, including Oregon, Berkeley, Illinois, Idaho, and eventually in St. Petersburg at American Stage’s Shakespeare in the Park.
A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, he attended the American Conservatory in San Francisco as well as a one-year tutorial with instructors from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the London Academy of Dramatic art in London, England. For the past thirty years, he has worked in the theatre primarily as a playwright and as a director.
He has been a resident of St. Petersburg since 1997, participating in many educational and cultural organizations. These include Academy Prep, Pinellas County Cultural Affairs Task Force, and the Florida Humanities Council. He currently serves on the board of Pinellas Diaspora Arts Project and sits on the Public Arts Commission for the City of St. Petersburg. Bob is a recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Bank of America’s Hero Award, Weekly Planet’s Best of the Bay for Directing and Playwright, the Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero in 2018, the Tampa Bay Business Impact Award and was awarded The Key to The City of St Petersburg by then Mayor Rick Kriseman.
Bob is currently a contributing writer for The Artisan magazine.
