Urban Jeli, Traditional Priests Rooted in American Places, is an interdisciplinary performance incorporating music, dance, and film in an exploration of African retentions and continuances in African American cultural traditions of dance and music from the perspectives of jeli or griots as living storytellers and the embodied spirituality of priests of traditional religions. The performance features choreography by VashtiDance Theater’s Artistic Director, Fatima Logan-Alston and musical composition by Musical Director, David Alston that spans aesthetics from West and Central Africa, jazz, funk, Hop-Hop and Contemporary perspectives in a celebration of the resiliency of the African Diaspora in America.There are student, senior, and child discounts available for the performances at The Riverside Theater at 91 Claremont Avenune, New York, NY. Tickets are avaiable at https://trtnyc.org/upcoming-shows