Name: Portrait of Ludmilla as Nina Simone
Start: 2025-03-20T22:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-21T02:00:00+00:00
Location: Acadiana Center for the Arts (MTS 2025)

Description

She is a figure of tragedy, a singing statue. / When she stares at the audience at the beginning of the concerts, everyone feels watched, accused. / She imposes silence, terror. Then she laughs, and she starts.

French-language play “Portrait of Ludmilla as Nina Simone" is a captivating performance halfway between tribute concert and theatrical performance where Senegalese-Cameroonian singer Ludmilla Dabo explores the life and music of legendary jazz icon Nina Simone. Blending powerful vocals, storytelling, and emotion, Ludmilla honors Simone’s legacy, capturing her activism, artistry, and soul in an unforgettable tribute to one of music's most influential figures. This is a performance in French with English subtitles.

Date & Time

Mar 20, 2025 5:30 PM-9:00 PM

Venue Details

Acadiana Center for the Arts (MTS 2025)

101 West Vermilion Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

Acadiana Center for the Arts

Our mission is fostering art and culture in Acadiana.

Founded in 1975, Acadiana Center for the Arts (“AcA”) is a community-supported nonprofit organization that fosters art and culture in Acadiana. Since its founding, AcA has developed as a major force, shaping the future of public education and community development in South Louisiana.

AcA supports the creation of new works of art, exhibits, festivals, performances, and public art across an eight-parish region that includes Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion Parishes.

AcA aims to bring equitable access to the arts and supports fair compensation of artists. On average, AcA serves over 300,000 people annually and provides fair compensation to 2,700 artists.

In 2013, the AcA merged with the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (“PASA”), whose mission was to educate, inspire, entertain, and culturally enrich the people of south Louisiana by providing local access to a diverse range of the performing arts. This merger supported the vision of both organizations and provided much-needed support to PASA’s programs. Founded in 1989, PASA served as a leading voice in the performing arts in South Louisiana for close to three decades.

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