Category: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham

‘Throughout the dance, couples of all varieties pair off in romantic duets reminiscent of social dances—rhumba, merengue, cha cha, salsa—but with more smooth, supple spins and graceful glides that sweep the dancers across the stage. There are no sharp edges in these dances, and while the movement looks relaxed, the dancers are uniformly precise and…

‘Three themes make up the programming of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City: “Rejoice,” “Reclaim,” and “Remember,” the latter of which features Mozart’s Requiem, as well as the New York premiere of a transformation of Mozart’s work by choreographer Kyle Abraham, his company—A.I.M by Kyle Abraham—and electronic composer Jlin. The new piece, Requiem: Fire in…

‘Among other things, the piece is a love letter to the Pittsburgh of Abraham’s youth (props include a big cordless phone and a cootie-catcher fortune teller). The evening unwraps slowly in a flowing sequence of encounters – tentative, teasing, edgy and sexy – as the dancers circle and entwine. They highlight, as he said in…

‘Guests of the 16th. Biennale Danza, visionary choreographer Kyle Abraham with his company A.I.M. together with electronic music producer/composer Jlin present Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth, which transforms Mozart’s D minor score into an electronic work evoking ritual and rebirth.’ Read the full article here.

‘One cast member of “An Untitled Love,” the 2021 dance by the postmodern choreographer Kyle Abraham, has called the piece a “Black love sitcom dance.”Abraham, meanwhile, has called it his love letter to the neo-soul songs of D’Angelo & The Vanguard. I call it a match made in art heaven, a love supreme.’ Read the…

Always there was a sense of spontaneity and personal touches verging on impassioned improvisation. Sudden pauses from such strenuous athleticism to stillness, sometimes followed by slow-motion sequences, drew attention to amazing individual capacities and unexpected, elegant beauty, while also having the effect of feeling as though we are viewing the dance through the veil of…

‘ Le chorégraphe new-yorkais nous avait conquis début juin au Théâtre des Abbesses avec An Untitled Love, un portrait amoureux d’aujourd’hui porté avec brio par sa compagnie A.I. M. Ce sont ces mêmes danseuses et danseurs que l’on retrouve à Marseille dans Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth et ils sont époustouflants. À…

‘Tout n’est que souplesse et grands pas. Les secondes prennent leurs aises et les bras ne cessent de chercher le ciel dans des courbes amenant d’autres cercles. Le tout virevolte, vrille dans une danse qui ne cherche pas à intellectualiser le mouvement, mais au contraire à faire briller la beauté et la prouesse.’ Read the…

‘…it works beautifully, because Abraham’s physical vocabulary is so fluent and varied — from airy, balletic turns to groovy floorwork — that it can mimic the ebb and flow of party conversations.’ Read the full article here.

‘Dancing in a loose unison with Kirk and with one another, they sow, they swing baseball bats, they put one hand to the heart and the other to the head. The gestural arm movements suggest ritual, imprecation, oppression.’ Read the full article here.