In this live site-specific performance created for City Walk Amphitheatre, Little Amal gathers with over 50 young dancers, from the Alabama School of Fine Arts, in collaboration with acclaimed musician Lonnie Holley – a Birmingham native – for a celebration of the power of young people.

The performance will begin at 18th Street north and travel to 21st Street North. Inspired by the 1963 Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, which helped lead to the eventual passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this production is created by Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre (Palestine/US), Directed by Alabama native Samar Haddad King, and produced by Create Birmingham in association with the Alabama School of Fine Arts and presented by The Walk Productions in partnership with Handspring Puppet Company and The Office Arts (US Production Partner).

This event will be hosted by Sloss Furnaces, with Artistic Direction from Birmingham artist Carey Fountain. It is presented by The Walk Productions in partnership with Handspring Puppet Company, The Office Arts (US Production Partner), and Create Birmingham (Local Production Partner).

Then at 11 AM, a send-off for Amal will commence outside of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. There will be a greeting by a Birmingham City Official and a poetry reading by Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley Jones. The Children’s March will begin at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, continue through Kelly Ingram Park, and end at the steps of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.

The Memorial Unity Choir will perform at the steps of the church, providing a powerful send-off for Amal, as she leaves Birmingham to continue her journey across America. This event is presented by The Walk Productions in partnership with Handspring Puppet Company, The Office Arts (US Production Partner), and Create Birmingham (Local Production Partner).