Photo by Iximché Media

When We were Queens… (2024) by dancer/choreographer Murielle Elizéon with cellist/composer Shana Tucker will be restaged and presented November 13 at the Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville, NC. When We were Queens… is a multidisciplinary performance in two parts—two solos in dialogue. The piece explores how the bodies of women of color from the African diaspora carry personal and collective histories. Together, Elizéon and Tucker reclaim a shared lineage of violence, power, and resilience, creating an immersive performance and relational practice betweenperformers and audiences.

When We were Queens… is a Culture Mill Production presented by the Black Mountain College Museum. The work was commissioned by NC State LIVE and co-produced by Wilson Center (CFCC) and Weatherspoon Art Museum (UNCG).