Category: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
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Kyle Abraham Shares an Exclusive First Look at A.I.M’s Newest Commission | Surface Mag
‘It’s dark. It’s guttural. It’s passionate. I lean into the abstraction and the virtuosity we’re seeing in the dancers. I’d say it’s sexy. Ironically, it’s sexy in a way that’s very different, in its exhaustion. There’s something about the exhaustion and the different type of virtuosity, in the sense of repetition with nuance. It’s really…
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A.I.M By Kyle Abraham Offers Program Full of Emotional Revelations | NJ Arts.Net
Choreographer Kyle Abraham knows that everyone needs a good cry now and then, and if he seems overwrought at times, his work also offers relief from the cold, uncaring routines of modern life. His company, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, offered a warm and wonderfully sensitive program, Nov. 4, as part of the Peak Performances series…
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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Showcases the Power of Vulnerability Through Dance | Daily Forty-Niner
‘Almost the entire repertoire that Abraham presented on Saturday, September 30, 2023 was introspective, reflective, and beautifully crafted choreography that did not try to dazzle the audience with a plethora of complex technical feats, but with a vision that had importance and meaning. Any dancer will tell you that Abraham’s movement takes technical strength and…
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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Brings Expressive Dance Art to the Carpenter Center | La Dance Chronicle
‘Almost the entire repertoire that Abraham presented on Saturday, September 30, 2023 was introspective, reflective, and beautifully crafted choreography that did not try to dazzle the audience with a plethora of complex technical feats, but with a vision that had importance and meaning. Any dancer will tell you that Abraham’s movement takes technical strength and…
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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, in Third Foray to Long Beach’s Carpenter Center | Arts Meme
‘This is a cream-of-the-crop dance performance, and should not be missed. — a fantastic repertory program presented by a fantastic dance company of our era, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham.’ Read the full article here.
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Review: Kyle Abraham Takes on Cunningham and, as Always, Love | The New York Times
‘Abraham excels at so many aspects of choreography, among them instilling traditional movement with the gestural language of Black life and street dance or showing the subtle difference between slow motion and stillness. But what is most admirable, at least for me, is the way he is able to lean into patience. He takes his…
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Kyle Abraham- Choreographer/Founder and Artistic Director of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham | National Endowment for the Arts
Kyle Abraham is an acclaimed choreographer and company director who is the recipient of many awards, including a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. In this podcast, he talks about growing up in Pittsburgh in a home that encouraged music and art, his life-changing experience when he first saw professional dance at the…