651 ARTS will present the first in-person gathering for Black Dance Stories as part of its new LIVE @651ARTS series. Conceived and co-created by Charmaine Warren, The Black Dance Stories series launched in June 2020 in response to Black dance artists' need to talk about life during COVID-19 and support the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Dance Stories will feature Rena Butler, Reggie Wilson, Tiffany Rea-Fisher, and Jamar Roberts.

A new ballet from Jeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project, presented by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and 651 ARTS. “WILD” follows a young boy’s journey celebrating his 14th birthday while detained at a juvenile detention facility and explores the effects of isolation and imprisonment on childhood development.