OREGON ARTS WATCH REVIEW – ‘KYLE ABRAHAM DANCES ABOUT RACE’

‘Abraham.In.Motion, the company of choreographer Kyle Abraham, brought an intense, three-part program to Lincoln Hall this weekend, one that confidently and gracefully engaged both historical and very immediate issues of race and the individual’s place in this culture. Abraham’s background fuses hip-hop and contemporary and traditional dance, and the company collaborates on both choreographic and structural decisions to benefit from the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of its dancers. The three pieces explore motifs of institutional racism, protest and the perils of being an individual body in a world that can be either openly or insidiously oppressive.’

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