Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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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.
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Kyle Abraham’s ‘Dearest Home’ to premiere at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts May 16-20, 2017
‘At its core, Dearest Home is a work about love, longing, and loss. Comprised primarily of solos and duets generated through conversations, workshops, and new research into the concept of scientific empathy, Dearest Home weaves together movement and vulnerability with cross-cultural conversation and community action.’ Read the full preview here.
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Vancouver review: ‘Kyle Abraham turns small moments into big ideas.’
‘Abraham, if anything, captures the human complexity of history—and its soul.’ Read the full review here.
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The Georgia Straight/preview: ‘Kyle Abraham’s dance fuses history, hip-hop, and much more at Chutzpah Festival’
‘He’s a unique voice on the American stage, conjuring pieces that layer history, styles, and music from different eras. One of his best-known works, Pavement, reimagined the seminal flick Boyz n the Hood in his native Pittsburgh, circa 1991, interweaving street scenes from his hometown and the 1960s blues of Mississippi Fred McDowell. In Absent…
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Preview/Kyle Abraham: ‘Dance that Speaks Out’
“I try to create work that reflects society as I see it,” he said. “Sometimes people see hope in that and sometimes people see the disparity that is in closer correlation to my experience growing up in this country. But, there is also purposefully the possibility of seeing both hope and disparity in my work;…
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Preview: ‘Korean Contemporary Dance Company Bereishit Makes Its Pittsburgh Debut’
‘The name “Bereishit,” Hebrew for “in the beginning,” implies the process of creation, writes Park via email: “Creation of a piece is like the creation of a world.” The company will present two of Park’s creations blending contemporary dance with traditional Korean music. “I learned contemporary dance from Western culture,” writes Park. “For me, [Korean]…
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Pittsburgh Dance Gazette Preview: ‘Bereishit Dance Company to Present an Evening of Firsts in Pittsburgh’
‘Founder and artistic director Soon-ho Park said he was thinking not about the physical but the “mental or spiritual strangeness and harmony” in “Bow,” a duet. “Archery needs physical and mental strength both. Through the archery, we can see ourselves deeply. Actually the piece was made for myself,” he said by email. That process has…