651 ARTS Presents Edisa Weeks’ 3 RITES: Happiness

651 ARTS – Brooklyn’s premier institution for the African Diasporic performing arts – is presenting the last two installments of DELIRIOUS Dances/Edisa Weeks’ epic performance trilogy 3 RITES: Life, Liberty, Happiness.The final installment – 3 RITES: Happiness – will premiere at the historic Weeksville Heritage Center in November and will investigate how laughter and pleasure reside in the body. This rite is about self-care, and making time to relax, laugh and recharge for the labor to uphold the values of life, liberty and happiness. The piece will feature four DELIRIOUS dancers and commissioned music from Nathaniel Braddock to be played live by the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International. The rite begins with the Happiness Fête where the audience is invited to engage in a collective celebration of wellness and joy which includes portrait sketches, massages, fantastical and playful hair designs by Delirious Hair Designs and line dancing. In the spirit of meal sharing, a family-style cuisine will also be provided to patrons catered by Chef Lex and the Brownsville Community Culinary Center.