Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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The Brooklyn Rail: ‘Kyle Abraham’s Live! The Realest MC’
‘Without being too heavy handed, Abraham drops in just enough narrative and evocative gesture between pure dance passages for viewers to intuit a larger sense of the implied themes. In The Realest MC, the hot button topics of gender expression, assimilation, bullying, and appropriation simmer with the threat of boiling over every now and then.…
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Whyy/Reggie Wilson: ‘Experimental Dance Performance Mixes ’High Art’ With Historic Philly Churches’
Read and/or listen to the interview here.
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Broadway World Dance Interview: Kyle Abraham Talks Live! The Realest M.C and More!
‘It’s always a unique thing when the question comes up about what’s changed and what hasn’t in terms of the way people perceive things at certain times. But if you’re a black American, nothing has changed. People were spitting on us and making us feel inferior for a very long time, so I don’t feel…
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Theater Jones Review / A.I.M ‘All About the Motion’
The second solo of the evening, Show Pony, featured the stunning Marcella Lewis transitioning from deep lunges to surprising balances. Short and bold, the piece featured Jlin’s aggressive score and fierce, accented arm gestures. Like Abraham’s solo, the work focused on building a fiery personality and characterization. In between Lewis’ harsh stops, she inserted moments…