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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / Pittsburgh Dance Council to restart in November with Pittsburgh native Kyle Abraham
‘For the first time since 2017, Pittsburgh native Kyle Abraham will be in town for a Dance Council program Nov. 13 at Byham Theater to stage his newest evening-length work, “An Untitled Love.” It will be presented in partnership with the Kelly Strayhorn Theater as part of its My People Festival.’ Read the full article…
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Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group to Perform at the American Dance Festival on 9/14
‘The company will present CITIZEN (excerpt), a series of solos that asks, “What does it mean to belong and what does it mean to NOT want to belong?” INTRODUCTION (a solo performed by Reggie Wilson), is a contemporary experimental performance theater work where Wilson shares a very personal recount about his experience of the Spiritual Baptists religion in Trinidad…
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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham to perform at the American Dance Festival on 9/9
‘The company will present Big Rings, an A.I.M commissioned dynamic, team-based group work choreographed by company member Keerati Jinakunwiphat. The premiere of Nina Simone Suite (working title) is a new ADF commissioned ensemble work composed of a series of solos and duets set to some of Nina Simone’s most intimate songs. Drive is a high energy, propulsive work created in 2017…
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NPR / Rising From The Ashes, Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Back Dancers, Audiences
‘The next weekend, CONTRA-TIEMPO, an Afro-Latin activist dance theater from Los Angeles, saw many of its performances rained out, as well. Founder and choreographer Ana Maria Alvarez was philosophical. “We haven’t been able to do all the shows that we were planning to do,” she says. “But in some ways, it feels a little bit…
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Dance Magazine interview / Why Shamel Pitts Is Setting a New Work in a Boxing Ring
‘I thought of all this toxic masculinity and new masculinity: What does it mean for two men of color to be in a ring and have that match be made, not out of aggression or combat, but out of an intensifying softening into themselves and into one another? So often I felt like my vulnerability…
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Post-show talk / Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2021
‘This Post-Show Talk features CONTRA-TIEMPO artistic director Ana Maria Alvarez and dancers Charlie Dando, Jannet Galdamez, Bianca Medina, Ruby Morales, Dalphe Morantus, and Jasmine Stanley in conversation with Jacob’s Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Maura Keefe. The Talk took place on July 10, 2021 following the afternoon performance by CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival…
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Times Union review / Contra-Tiempo dances with a message at Jacob’s Pillow
‘While joy and human bonding are at the core of the work, the company didn’t mince words in referencing racism and the empowerment and self-empowerment that must be achieved to overcome it. “You have the right to devour space unapologetically,” they proclaimed, while doing just that, boldly and beautifully.’ Read the full review here.
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TO THE POINTE REVIEW / CONTRA-TIEMPO OFFERS JOYOUS SOLUTIONS TO DIVISION
‘‘All in all, “joyUS justUS” is beautifully uplifting and optimistic in an era that is desperate for solutions.’ Read the full review here.