Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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Sneak peek into Bereishit’s new work ‘Gyeong-In’ produced by KNCDC
Gyeong-In will premiere at the Seoul Arts Center October 13-15, 2017.
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CONTRA-TIEMPO selected to perform at the Bulgaria Spotlight: USA dance platform
Congratulations to CONTRA-TIEMPO whose work ‘Agua Furiosa’ was selected by an international jury for the Spotlight: USA dance platform that will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, March 26-28, 2018. Read the press release here.
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Windy City Times preview/Reggie Wilson: ‘DANCIN’ FEATS A kinesthetic anthropologist and his movement specialists’
‘The predominant theme examined in this work centers around questions of “belonging” with the promotional tagline asking, “What does it mean to belong?” and “What does it mean NOT to want to belong?” Although this line of questioning is intentionally provocative and specific, focusing on these questions as a way to decipher the meaning of…
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Texas Performing Arts/Abraham.In.Motion: ‘Taking the lead: Jeremy ‘Jae’ Neal’
‘While Neal has performed the role in workshops and smaller showcases, this will be the first time he has taken the lead in front of a large-scale audience. “There’s definitely some anxiety of responsibility, but also excitement,” said Neal. The program, Live! The Realest MC, is the company’s unique, urban spin on the story of…
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Alameda Magazine / Reggie Wilson preview: ‘Dancers who sing, talk and chant’
‘While he has made his reputation with exquisitely shaped work that is rooted in traditional stories and myths, Wilson’s choreography is eminently eclectic and inclusive. It is formally elegant yet embracing. His dancers are as likely to engage in canons as, apparently, racing for a bus. Not only are these performers superb movers, they sing,…
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Reggie Wilson/preview: ‘Let my people go in dance’
‘The African American choreographer Reggie Wilson never seems satisfied with one idea or theme in his work. His dance Moses(es), performed Sept. 23 and 24 at Zellerbach Hall, is about the African diaspora, with music based on clapping and chants developed by Wilson and his collaborators. But it’s also an exploration of ideas about the biblical prophet Wilson…
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Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion’s ‘Live! The Realest MC’ is back on tour
‘Live! The Realest MC’ references our own humanity in this digital age, creating an abstracted and humorously dark narrative that places the iconic childhood character, Pinocchio, in an industrial dystopia. Inspired by Pinocchio’s plight to be a ‘real boy,’ Abraham’s ensemble dance work investigates gender roles in the black community and the quest for acceptance…