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Fjord | Beauty in Blackness Shamel Pitts’ Final Installment of “Black Trilogy”
‘ “Black Hole” draws upon universal images and activities of deep memory and refracts them through a lens of awe-evoking technology to create a generative space—a place where the past, present, and future of what it is to be black is utterly reimagined.’ – Karen Greenspan Read the full article here.
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The Washington Post | How Netflix Helped Kyle Abraham Create His New Dance
‘But in 2020, the choreographer was profoundly uninterested in Zoom dances. He wanted to make “honest connections.” He wanted to talk. Abraham’s newest piece, “An Untitled Love,” was not quite finished at that point. During those months of isolation, he and his dancers worked out the kinks in an unusual way: in weekly two-hour discussions,…
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The New York Times | Review: An Afrofuturist Trip to the Lunarverse
‘The whole hourlong work, the final installment in a trilogy with ‘Black Box’ and ‘Black Velvet’, is curiously stylish and sincere, glossily cold and tender. Always visually striking, it’s never dull. But it transpires at a distance.’ – New York Times Read the full article here.
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The Bay State Banner | A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Dance Company at ICA/Boston
‘Defying the defeatist lyrics of the Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart ballad “Little Girl Blue” with her astonishing solo to Simone’s rippling chords, Gianna Theodore rose from the floor using only her hands, executing arcs, twists, backward lifts and spins that drew from breakdance but beyond. Her fearless precision was a triumphant counterpoint to this portrayal of…
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Culture Whisper | A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth, Sadler’s Wells
‘Multi-award winner Kyle Abraham, the recipient of a prestigious McArthur “genius grant’, set up A.I.M in 2006 with the aim of creating a body of dance-based work intimately concerned with Black culture and history. In Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth the choreographer explores death, mourning and rebirth through reimagining Mozart’s Requiem in…
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The Dance Enthusiast | TRIBE | Shamel Pitts Presents “BLACK HOLE – Trilogy and Triathlon”
“BLACK HOLE – Trilogy and Triathlon is a multidisciplinary performance choreographed by the award-winning movement artist Shamel Pitts, co-created and performed by his Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE.” Read the full article here.
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New York Times | Review: Ronald K. Brown’s Messages of Resilience
“What happens onstage is so supple and alive, so irresistibly kinetic, that you might not notice how often Brown shows the opposite: still bodies, inert bodies lying on the ground or carried by others.” Read the full article here
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Dance Informa | Kyle Abraham’s ‘An Untitled Love’: Embodying Black Excellence
‘An Untitled Love brings together the candid and the performative to create a lively atmosphere brimming with the beauty of black love. The crowd undoubtedly felt that love. For one precious, celebratory hour, the world almost felt like itself again.’ Read the full article here
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The New York Times | Ronald K. Brown Has a Mantra: ‘Absolute Victory Every Day’
‘Brown, 55, is a formidable choreographer whose spiritual blend of contemporary dance with African and Afro-Cuban forms has made him one of the most important dance artists of his generation — or, really, any generation. For a stroke to happen to anybody would be devastating. But for a choreographer of his stature, it’s horrible to…
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UCLA News Room | Dancing to the Words of Angela Davis
‘ ‘The Equality of Night and Day: First Glimpse’ stems from the ongoing movement for racial and social justice. In the piece, the dancers circle each other in a meditation of compassion and protection. The choreography is set to jazz pianist Jason Moran’s original score and excerpts from three of Davis’ speeches.’ Read the full…