Selma High School students and professional dancers and poets from the Boston-based arts collective beheard.world will perform March 6, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., presenting spoken word, hip-hop dance and music focused on growing up in a city known worldwide for its role in the voting rights movement.
The performance will examine what it means to come of age in Selma while navigating economic hardship, public safety concerns and limited opportunities facing many of the city’s teens, according to a news release from beheard.world.
Beheard.world is a diverse collective of performing artists, filmmakers and educators that uses the arts to combat racism and advance social justice. For the past three years, the organization has brought professional dancers and poets to Selma during the Bridge Crossing Jubilee for a residency program that trains, mentors and features students from Ellwood Christian Academy.
That collaboration led to the creation of “Selma Again.” In addition to annual performances during the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, organizers have presented the production in Boston and Atlanta. This year, several foot soldiers from the Selma Movement will join the performance to share memories from the front lines of the voting rights movement.
This year’s performance will take place at Ellwood Christian Academy, 1512 Old Orville Road in Selma. Organizers suggest a $5 donation for tickets. Students may attend free of charge.
Organizers will use proceeds from the event to help launch the Selma Cross-Cultural Nonviolence & Performing Arts Academy. Dallas County natives and Selma Movement organizers Charles Bonner and Viola Douglas, Reverend Gary Crum of Ellwood Christian Church and beheard.world co-directors Anna Myer and Jay Paris founded the academy. The academy promotes nonviolence and advances peace and healing through the performing arts and filmmaking.
