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The company will present a wealth of traditional works, including Kete, an elegant court dance from the Eastern and Ashanti regions instilled with reverence and dignity.

Naia Kete, like so many musicians, had her life turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Almost overnight, Kete’s busy schedule of concerts as a solo artist and with her reggae band Say Real was canceled, eliminating her primary source of income.

Kete teamed up with the Alianza Project in Holyoke, Massachusetts, a community support program that helps school-aged children deal with trauma through therapy, education and leadership training.

So when she was approached by Artists at Work, a new initiative that puts artists on a payroll to create and launch programs in their communities, Kete jumped at the chance.