Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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Reggie Wilson/Preview – Reggie Wilson celebrates Philly with Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia
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Painted Bride’s Historic Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia Project to present Reggie Wilson’s ‘STAMPED, STOMPED, STUMPED’
Renowned choreographer Reggie Wilson explores how we “physicalize place” in this postmodern work featuring Kristel Baldoz, David Brick, Paul Hamilton, Germaine Ingram, Jumatatu Poe, Maria Urrutia, and Miles Yeung-Tieu. Reggie and the artists create space and opportunity to reveal the physical testimonies and histories in their bodies. The results are poetic, intentional, and dynamic all…
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NY Times preview: Ailey Season Has Premieres by Kyle Abraham and Mauro Bigonzetti
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PREVIEW / CONTRA-TIEMPO STORMS CAMPUS
‘Agua Furiosa, Contra-Tiempo’s newest work, merges call and response, a live vocalist, fierce physicality and the performers’ own personal multicultural narratives. Audiences will walk away from Agua Furiosa inspired to locate themselves inside the complex and transforming conversation of race in America.’ Read the full preview here.
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NY TIMES – Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group selected by DanceMotion USA to travel to Panama, the Dominican Republic and Haiti in 2017
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CONTRA-TIEMPO TO TOUR ‘AGUA FURIOSA’ IN NC AND SC April 6-22, 2016
– Saturday, April 9 at NC State Live in Raleigh, NC – Wednesday, April 13 at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC – Tuesday, April 19 at Coker College in Hartsville, SC – Friday, April 22 at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC Click on photo above to view other images of ‘Agua Furiosa’.…
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Eugene WEEKLY Review: ‘Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion at White Bird Dance’
‘Throughout the evening’s work, Abraham feathers the accelerator and the brakes, finding just the right momentum to share his vision. His artistic voice is clarion and confident, and his dancers exceptional.’ Read the full review here.
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OREGON ARTS WATCH REVIEW – ‘KYLE ABRAHAM DANCES ABOUT RACE’
‘Abraham.In.Motion, the company of choreographer Kyle Abraham, brought an intense, three-part program to Lincoln Hall this weekend, one that confidently and gracefully engaged both historical and very immediate issues of race and the individual’s place in this culture. Abraham’s background fuses hip-hop and contemporary and traditional dance, and the company collaborates on both choreographic and…
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Abraham.In.Motion review – ‘Ready, A.I.M., Don’t sHOOT’
‘The first set opens with silence and a lone dancer on the stage. The soloist Connie Shau beautifully navigates through the uncomfortable lack of sound for what seems like an eternity, but what was likely no more than five minutes. This is an interesting choice and allows you to hear the awkward shifting of the…