Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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MIAMI ARTBUST PREVIEW: ‘REGGIE WILSON’S ‘CITIZEN‘: TO BELONG OR NOT TO BELONG?’
‘This piece was sparked by a portrait at the French palace of Versailles, titled “Citizen Jean-Baptiste Belley.” Belley was a slave from Senegal who purchased his freedom, fought in the Haitian Revolution and was elected to the French National Convention. Where did he belong? His image appears, a presence from the past, in this “CITIZEN.“…
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The Soul of Miami preview – Reggie Wilson’s ‘CITIZEN’
‘In this work, Wilson asks, “What does it mean to belong?” and “What does it mean to NOT want to belong?”, core questions of Reggie’s investigations for this new evening-length dance work. In CITIZEN, Wilson drills down into the human desire to belong with exponentially expanding questions: “Do the injustices in today’s America engender a…
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Broadway World preview: ‘YBCA to present world premiere of Kyle Abraham’s ‘Dearest Home’
‘Presented by Abraham’s company, ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION, Dearest Home is at its core about love, longing, and loss. Performed in YBCA’s intimate Forum, audience members will have the choice to watch the performance with a composed score playing through headphones or with no score, instead listening to the ambient sound of bodies moving through space. “The dancers…
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Preview: ‘CONTRA-TIEMPO’s Agua Furiosa performs at Tampa’s HCC’
‘Agua Furiosa’ examines themes of race and water through call and response, a live vocalist, fierce physicality and the performers’ own personal multicultural narratives. Audiences will walk away from ‘Agua Furiosa’ impacted and inspired to locate themselves inside the complex and transforming conversation of race in America.’ Read the full preview here.