Do you have the desire to escape? Need to reconnect to life through music? Black Legends offers a life-saving shot of good soul, gospel, Motown, disco, funk, hip hop and R&B vibes.
The artists retrace on stage a century of Afro-American music through thirty-seven mythical paintings that resonate with history. From Cab Calloway to Beyonce, passing by Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston. The scenes follow one another at a crazy pace, in a whirlwind of more than two hundred costumes. The six musicians are in a trance, the fourteen singers are dancing with all their heart and soul… And the audience is possessed by the groove. Because this is the golden age of soul music. It's a concentrate of energy, it's the essence of this genre.
Black Legends is the finest tribute to African-American music, a hymn to love and difference and an extraordinary opportunity to immerse yourself in this unique musical world. The Parisian production has been cast with extraordinary voices and characters. These singers, instrumentalists and actors embody the idea of this show in the best possible way and give the audience a very special closeness not only to Afro-American music, but also to the culture of the Black Legends