Fit for Freedom
The CEnter at west Park presents
Fit for Freedom
As a part of the Evolution Festival
Tuesday , September 9, 2025 @ 7:30PM
Location The Sanctuary
At St. Paul & St. Andrew
Appropriate for 18+
Fit for Freedom is an immersive performance conceived by multidisciplinary performing artist Neil Totton. This high-energy show introduces the titular character, The Fit Prince, a captivating fitness instructor who highlights the evolution of Black bodies in the fight for liberation and equality, along with a few special guest performers. Fit for Freedom stands out for its expressive musical storytelling as it reimagines fitness as a form of resistance and empowerment with live music, dance, comedy, and community.
Audiences can choose their own celebration by participating in accessible, interactive, aerobic call and response or spectating.
Performing at venues such as Lululemon Hub 17, JCC Harlem, and, most recently, Brooklyn Comedy Collective on Juneteenth, 2025, Fit for Freedom has its roots in The Fit Prince of New York, which debuted in 2018.
Performer, Director, Choreographer, Co-Composer, Video Projections Neil Totton
Vocalist Abenaa Quïïn
TBC Guest Dancer
Assistant Director Mary Morgan Collier
Creative Consultant Erwin Maas
About the Lead Artist
Neil Totton is a video, performance, and theater artist who creates highly energetic performances, soulful music, and video works that investigate the issues of our times. His recent works, including Fit For Freedom, Wait For Today, Trouble Of The World, Becoming Relevant, and Slave For Love, have been developed or featured at Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Denton Black Film Festival, The Social Distancing Festival sponsored by the General Consulate of Canada, JCC Harlem, New World Stages, Lululemon Hub 17, The inHEIRtence Project, The GloveboXX Collective, and Easton Mountain Music Festival. He is also a Lincoln City Fellow.
He has performed leading roles in the musicals Hairspray, A Chorus Line, and The Color Purple. He has danced as a guest artist with Ballet Black in London, UK, Walkerdance in New York, and Arthur Aviles BAAD Dance Theater. Most recently, he choreographed for the Sing Harlem Gospel Choir and served as the assistant choreographer for both the North American and International Tours of "Aida" and "Jazz A’La Carte" at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. His debut EP, Movin On, is now streaming on all music platforms.
The CWP Evolution Festival is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
