New Orleans’ Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) has unveiled details of its Spring 2020 season, which includes an array of music, dance and performances described as “evocative.”

The season kicks off next month with Dancing Grounds‘ Dance for Social Change Festival, which takes place March 28 and 29, 2020. There, the organization’s teen dance group, DG Uprising, will debut a performance centered around displacement and gentrification.

In a return appearance to the CAC, Aurora Nealand and Goat in the Road will perform “KindHumanKind” beginning April 8 and running through April 11, plus shows on April 15 and April 17. Showcasing her foremost talents as a performer, musician and storyteller, the production debuted at the CAC in 2019.

On May 2, Cuban native daughter Daymé Arocena will present her unique combination of Santerían chant, contemporary rhythm and blues, Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz influences. The Havana-raised Arocena will showcase the musical traditions of her homeland but with a global approach.

Next up is Kyle Abraham / A.I. M. (Abraham in Motion), a dance company based in New York City. The 2013 MacArthur Fellow will present his upbringing in classical cello, piano and visual arts at the CAC on May 8 and 9.

Later that month, on May  28 and 29, the 2020 Birdfoot Festival — an event celebrating classical chamber music — will be housed at the CAC.

“Our Spring 2020 season shines the spotlight on important young artists who are attracting significant attention in their respective artistic disciplines by presenting thought-provoking work that sparks dialogue,” states Laurie Uprichard, Director and Curator of Performing Arts at the CAC.

Of course, there is plenty of contemporary visual art happening at the CAC in 2020. Exhibitions include Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires, on view through June 14; Femmes Féroces: Material Life X Femmes Noires, a collaborative pop-up between Mickalene Thomas and Carla Williams of the New Orleans-based emporium Material Life and Laa Ray Guillory; and Meg Turner: Here and Now, “an exhibition of 100 portrait tintypes of artists, activists, teachers, schoolmates, friends, lovers, and near-strangers.”

For more information on CAC’s Spring 2020 season, including tickets and showtimes, click here.