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Memory Fleet is a performance and archive project that I have been building since 2015- when my grandmother and I built Memory Keep(h)er.

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Dear jhon @jhonnielove
I am unsure where I’d would have l landed without your mentorship, friendship, accountability, and sure footed truths.

You ushered the light in our worlds for Memory Fleet. You wove your voice throughout timelines. Your dances alongside opened portals to wisdom my body knew and others I had forgotten.

My heart grows with each memory of us making, moving, remembering, and dreaming over good food and necessary laughter and the medicine of practice.

I love you and celebrate you.

Image 1: from video
Image 2 & : Lynn Lane
Image 3: Olivia K. Young
Image 4: Preetika Rajgariah, courtesy of Diverseworks
Video: selfie
Video: me by @memory_fleet

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Dear General Sisters,
Ginger @brookstakahashi and dana @danamindlbr …. dana and Ginger.
Y’all had me out in Braddock, PA in Ginger’s teal hunter green pick up truck with wildflowers in hand. Gleeful to be able to learn from the two of you — your famous herb salt on my palate and an array of dishes deepened my understanding of nourishment and communion.

Medicine from plant to plate. I learn from you both that information is a resource, and that listening hands make meals that are remembered for a lifetime.

Thank you for all of the love, wisdom, assurance, and holding from our first protest to Memory Fleet: Stay in the Circle and beyond. May the salt stay with us.

Images from the archive 2012-2026 by @memory_fleet

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🎥 This is an excerpt of a video poem by Platform 2026 Writer-in-Residence Myssi Robinson, who is not only the archivist of this Platform but has been archiving alongside Jasmine Hearn’s work for many years now. This video poem archives not only the March 7th performance of “Memory Fleet: Time & Trinity” at Danspace Project but weaves together a moving tapestry of the Memory Fleet arc to date. Watch the full video poem and read Myssi’s reflection online on Danspace Project’s Journal.

“Here is a sacred trio in a perpetual motion of mothering. A shoreline within the geography of individual and collective histories. Taking care, fooling around, channeling right, breathing deep. On a Tuesday afternoon they drink tea and prepare for a weekend of outwardness inside a very old church. The fleet is up the river, pulling the ocean with it, and the garden is under foot.

Thank you Jasmine / Byronné
Thank you Mrs. Claudette Nickens Johnson
Thank you Marýa / Sylvia
Thank you Mama Charmaine / Pearline
Thank you to all mothering Black people
Thank you to all the lands rooted
To the ones who built the church … may our dreams here feed your rest.”

–Myssi Robinson taken in Danspace Project by @memory_fleet

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@memory_fleet footnotes @nylivearts by @memory_fleet

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This Juneteenth, we’re spotlighting Jasmine Hearn’s FootNotes archival project created in tandem with their expansive “Memory Fleet” project! If you’ve attended any part of this multi-year performance project, please help expand their footnotes at the link in our bio! Share the memories, lessons, and movements that you remembered while attending the show. Here’s to celebrating Black liberation, resilience, and cultural heritage - today and everyday. Thank you for your work and care, Jasmine ❤️✊🏾

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“Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross”

Co-Presented with Chocolate Factory Theater

Performance: Nora Alami, Maria Bauman, Soleil Collyear, Melanie George, Dominica Greene, Byronné J. Hearn, Jenna Hearn, Jennifer Newsom, Pamela Pietro, Angie Pittman, Kendra Portier, Myssi Robinson, Wayne Smith, Jo Stewart, jhon r. stronks, Ashley Teamer, Charmaine Warren, and Tara Aisha Willis

Projection Design: Nica Ross with Myssi Robinson Lighting Design: jhon r. stronks
Video: Myssi Robinson

Photos by Maria Baranova
@photo_by_baranova

#newyorklivearts #juneteenth2026 #jasminehearn #memoryfleet taken in New York Live Arts by @memory_fleet

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Cheers to Jasmine and their cast on a fabulous second show last night! One more tonight as we wrap up our 2025-2026 season! 🎊

We thank you Jasmine for closing our season on such a revelatory note! Always a pleasure having you in the space 💛

Don’t miss this celebration tonight - grab your tickets via the link in our bio!

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Co-Presented with Chocolate Factory Theater

Video: Myssi Robinson
Performance: Nora Alami, Maria Bauman, Soleil Collyear, Melanie George, Dominica Greene, Byronné J. Hearn, Jenna Hearn, Jennifer Newsom, Pamela Pietro, Angie Pittman, Kendra Portier, Myssi Robinson, Wayne Smith, Jo Stewart, jhon r. stronks, Ashley Teamer, Charmaine Warren, and Tara Aisha Willis

Projection Design: Nica Ross with Myssi Robinson
Lighting Design: jhon r. stronks

Photos by Maria Baranova
@photo_by_baranova

#nylivearts #jasminehearn #memoryfleet #moderndance #dancetheater taken in New York Live Arts by @memory_fleet

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Congratulations to Jasmine and their cast of collaborators on an absolutely stunning opening night!

You have two more chances to experience “Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross” this weekend: Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm

After tonight’s performance, join us for a Stay Late Conversation moderated by Paloma McGregor - Grab your tickets via the link in our bio!

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Co-Presented with Chocolate Factory Theater

Video: Myssi Robinson
Performance: Nora Alami, Maria Bauman, Soleil Collyear, Melanie George, Dominica Greene, Byronné J. Hearn, Jenna Hearn, Jennifer Newsom, Pamela Pietro, Angie Pittman, Kendra Portier, Myssi Robinson, Wayne Smith, Jo Stewart, jhon r. stronks, Ashley Teamer, Charmaine Warren, and Tara Aisha Willis

Projection Design: Nica Ross with Myssi Robinson
Lighting Design: jhon r. stronks

#nylivearts #jasminehearn #memoryfleet #moderndance #dancetheater taken in New York Live Arts by @memory_fleet

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Opening night is here for Jasmine Hearn’s “Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross” ✨

We couldn’t imagine a more beautiful project to close our season! Deep gratitude to Jasmine and their extraordinary cast of collaborators for bringing this work to life with such generosity and care. Three performances only - don’t miss it!

June 11-13, 7:30pm
June 12 Stay Late Conversation Moderated by Paloma McGregor

Co-Presented with Chocolate Factory Theater

Get your tickets now via the link in our bio!

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Co-Presented with Chocolate Factory Theater

Video: Myssi Robinson
Performance: Nora Alami, Maria Bauman, Soleil Collyear, Melanie George, Dominica Greene, Byronné J. Hearn, Jenna Hearn, Jennifer Newsom, Pamela Pietro, Angie Pittman, Kendra Portier, Myssi Robinson, Wayne Smith, Jo Stewart, jhon r. stronks, Ashley Teamer, Charmaine Warren, and Tara Aisha Willis

Projection Design: Nica Ross with Myssi Robinson
Lighting Design: jhon r. stronks

Photos by Maria Baranova
@photo_by_baranova

#nylivearts #jasminehearn #memoryfleet #moderndance #dancetheater taken in New York Live Arts by @memory_fleet

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🎥: Jasmine Hearn performing at Danspace Project’s 2026 Gala honoring Phong Bui, Anne Delaney, and Charmaine Warren

From June 11–13, New York Live Arts will be presenting the world premiere of Jasmine Hearn’s “Memory Fleet: Beloved Let’s Cross”. 💚

Memory Fleet encompasses a series of performances, a shared embodied practice, an evolving installation of archival materials, an expanding digital archive, and a body of original sound, text, and recipes—all celebrating the stories, dances, and gestures passed on through intergenerational lineages.

Dress found at Porta Portese Market, Rome Italy. Additional design: Jasmine Hearn & Athena Kokoronis of DPA taken in Danspace Project by @memory_fleet

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Live Arts presents the World Premiere of Jasmine Hearn’s “Memory Fleet: Beloved Let’s Cross” 💛

“Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross” encompasses a series of performances, a shared embodied practice, an evolving installation of archival materials, an expanding digital archive, and a body of original sound, text, and recipes — all celebrating the stories, dances, and gestures passed on through intergenerational lineages.

June 11-13, 7:30pm
June 12 Stay Late Conversation Moderated by Paloma McGregor
Co-Presented with Chocolate Factory Theater

Get your tickets via the link in our bio!

“Memory Fleet: Time & Trinity”
Danspace Project 2026, photos by Tony Turner Photography

#nylivearts #jasminehearn #memoryfleet #moderndance #dancetheater taken in New York Live Arts by @memory_fleet

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A moment of reflection with Jasmine Hearn as they prepare for the premiere of “Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross,” June 11-13!

Hearn’s “Memory Fleet” project began in 2014 with the creation of the interdisciplinary dance theater piece, “Memory Keep(H)er” with their grandmother. This performance was later made into a short film series — both iterations act as an alternative archive that listens and preserves the grandmother’s story of growing up in rural Texas in the 1940’s. Over a decade, the duet has expanded into the interdisciplinary project, which premiered in Houston, TX April 2024 with a site-specific installation and ensemble production – “Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr” was co-presented by DiverseWorks and Houston MET Dance.

June 12 Stay Late Conversation Moderated by Paloma McGregor

Co-Presented with Chocolate Factory Theater

Jasmine Hearn’s “Memory Fleet” has been made possible with support from Creative Capital Foundation and the 2022 Creative Capital Award.

Get your tickets now via the link in our bio!

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Additional Credits:
Performance Angie Pittman and Pamela Pietro

Sound: AFUA DARKO and Jasmine Hearn

Garments:
White dress found at Porta Portese Market, Rome Italy. Additional design: Jasmine Hearn & Athena Kokoronis of DPA
Red dress made by Athena Kokoronis of DPA
Yellow dress found at Porta Portese Market, Rome Italy

Video by Nel Shelby Productions
@nelshelbyfilms

#nylivearts #jasminehearn #memoryfleet #moderndance #dancetheater taken in New York Live Arts by @memory_fleet

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dear etta,
grated raw carrot and beet with black sesame seeds and tahini.
backyard conversations with the beginnings of Let’s Get Free
learning what was
the banners you made
the banners you made with many
the letters you wrote
the letters you wrote with many
the ceremony at the rivers
the banners you made for us
Thank You for extending such rigor and work to Memory Fleet: Stay in the Circle.

Images by etta cetera by @memory_fleet

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