Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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REVIEW – ‘Abraham.In.Motion dances human struggles to life at Hancher’
‘The motions of the dancers feel deeply personal and intimate, and while they are close to each other, they appear to be very much alone. This sense of shared experience without awareness of each other is broken when suddenly two women bend towards each other and touch, creating an unexpected focal point. Throughout the piece,…
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The Daily Iowan/Preview: ‘MOTION. AT. THE. EDGE.’
‘At the heart of Abraham’s work is his political sensibility. In a “Life and Times” interview with Quinn Peterson, Abraham described the challenge of attempting to balance his desire to make complex, political statements with his work while retaining a degree of practical accessibility. “[It’s] the struggle of any performing artist; it’s a constant conversation,”…
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Amsterdam News review: ‘Reggie Wilson Fist & Heel Performance Group’s ‘CITIZEN’ at BAM/Harvey’
‘Solid solos by Yeman Brown, Kelly, Clement Mensah and Anna Schon sometimes overlap in passing, and each time they appear they alter the space.’ Please click here to read the full review.
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The Cap Times Preview/Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group to perform in Madison, WI
“The performers are putting their personal, familiar and ethnic selves in relationship to the material,” said Wilson, whose Fist and Heel Performance Ensemble performs in Capitol Theater on Tuesday. “Whether people are conscious about it or not, that’s what the audience is also doing. “Individual audience members bring their own baggage. That baggage is made…
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2017 APAP showcases
Please click here to view the list of 2017 APAP showcases by the Lotus companies.
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CONTRA-TIEMPO / Joyce review
‘This is a powerful piece that draws in and engages you into their radical approach to address and expose different issues.’ Read the full Broadway World review here.
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Bachtrack review – Reggie Wilson’s Citizen at BAM’s Harvey Theater
‘Wilson is a deep thinker. He’s asking you to observe, feel and think for yourself. Citizen is about many things and, while race is certainly central, there is also the question of what it means to belong, not to belong and to not even want to belong. There is a deep sense of alienation implied…
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Review – Reggie Wilson’s NY premiere of “CITIZEN”
‘[…] everything else we do see appears to atomize Wilson’s research and musings. They spread out and form a texturous fabric of clear, repeated gestures and movement patterns sometimes assigned to specific performers and ultimately, beautifully, taken up by all.’ Read the full review here.