Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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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…
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CONTRA-TIEMPO TO PERFORM IN TAMPA, FL, MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, 2017
Hillsborough Community College’s Visual and Performing Arts Series present CONTRA-TIEMPO’s Agua Furiosa on March 31st and April 1st at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre at the Ybor City Campus. Read the preview here.
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The powerful story of the formerly undocumented and now unafraid CONTRA-TIEMPO dancer, Isis Avalos
[…] I introduced myself by stating that I was an undocumented child brought into the U.S. by my parents when I was 7 years old, and because of that, there was a direct connection between ‘the wall’ of buckets and the pedestal that my character stands on. I mentioned how, ironically, when Ana Maria originally created…
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Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group – Caribbean tour with DanceMotion USA
Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group is in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel (February 7 – February 15, 2017) as part of their residencies throughout the Caribbean for Season 6 of DanceMotion USA℠!