Baye & Asa
At the Altar
Quick Center Residency
August 22 – September 3, 2026
As artists-in -residence, choreographers, and dancers Amadi “Baye” Washington and Sam “Asa” Pratt will explore cultural, religious, and political deities through their new evening-length work. Developed as part of The Democracy Cycle 2024 Recipients, At the Altar interrogates our collective struggle for survival and salvation through powerful contemporary dance.
Exploring cultural, religious, and political deities, At the Altar reckons with the pitfalls of extreme idolatry and interrogates our collective struggle for survival and salvation.
We ask these central questions: Who/what do we worship? How do we worship? Who are the righteous? Who are the blasphemers? At the Altar reckons with the pitfalls of extreme idolatry and interrogates our collective struggle for survival and salvation.
This residency is in preparation for the work’s premiere in January 2027 as part of the Perelman Center’s Democracy Cycle Festival.
About the Artist:
Baye & Asa is a company creating movement art projects directed & choreographed by Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington & Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt. They’ve presented their work at The Joyce Theater, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jacob’s Pillow, Pioneer Works, Guggenheim Works & Process, The American Dance Festival, and more. They were one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2022 and were recipients of Dance Magazine’s 2023 Harkness Promise Award. They’ve created works for repertory companies including The Martha Graham Dance Company, BODYTRAFFIC, and Alvin Ailey II.