05/30/2026
Join us on Juneteenth (Friday, June 19) for Ogemdi Ude’s “MAJOR”, the final performance of Platform 2026: Secret Gardens! This is a special one-time-only FREE performance taking place at the Prospect Park Boathouse as a co-presentation between Danspace Project and Prospect Park Alliance’s Reimagine Lefferts Initiative. This outdoor iteration kicks off “MAJOR”’s summer tour of outdoor performances that delve into how technique, effort, and mastery can be attempted, achieved, and abandoned in pursuit of cultural belonging.
“MAJOR” is Ude‘s dance project exploring the physicality, history, and interiority of majorette dance and the Black Femmes that founded and continue to innovate the form. Majorette dance teams, accompanied by marching bands, created a movement style that requires master showmanship with allegiance to count, undulation, groove, and sensual yet strong performativity. “MAJOR” had its NYC premiere at New York Live Arts in January 2026.
The Chord Archive, developed in collaboration with artist, Myssi Robinson (who is both an archivist of “MAJOR” and Writer-in-Residence for the entire Platform 2026: Secret Gardens) is showcased alongside “MAJOR” performances, a physical and digital documentation of the creative process and personal historical accounts from former majorette dancers. The archive will be on display inside the Prospect Park Boathouse.
📷: Photo by Maria Baranova
