Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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Kyle Abraham – A review of AIM’s performance at Grinnell College
Please click here to read the review.
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Kyle Abraham to choreograph a new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Read the article here.
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KCET Artbound – A nice feature on CONTRA-TIEMPO’s Ana Maria Alvarez
“I’m not telling about others’ experiences,” added Alvarez, “I’m sharing something that’s personal. As an artist, even if you’re not trying to be political or make social commentary, the fact that you are disengaging in that is a choice and is actually making a statement.” Read the full article here.
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Living Out Loud Los Angeles Review: ‘The Music Center’s New Dance Series Puts on Some “Moves After Dark”’
‘Alvarez used a mix of Afro-Cuban imagery, sound and movements with a fusion of hip-hop and modern dance to create a spiritual, female-centric piece that was as arresting as it was soothing. Even the sound of the water as it was splashed in by the dancers added to the soundtrack and mood of the performance.’…
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Congratulations to Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group on being awarded a National Dance Project Production grant for their new work ‘CITIZEN’
‘CITIZEN’ will premiere at Fringearts in September 2016. For more information on the NDP list of awardees, click here.
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Review – Reggie Wilson / Lynden Sculpture Garden’s ‘Moses(es)’ – ‘Rain Dance’
‘The next section took place around and within Forrest Myers’ painted steel “Quartet,” a monumental, fractured outline of a cube. The dancers used the same vocabulary, lots of liquid movement of the arms alternating with fidgety bursts of energy, but they moved individually rather than as a group. Again, the mass of the sculpture pulled…