Tag: A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM
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The Guardian – Kyle Abraham: Pavement review – ‘dancing in handcuffs with aggression and grace’
‘Abraham, however, is equally interested in the soul of his onstage community. He is an intensely musical choreographer, and whether he’s setting hip-hop to Verdi or ballet to Hudson Mohawk, his characters’ interior grace shines through their often very beautiful dancing. He has a genius, too, for combining the stylised and vernacular, as in the…
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Bachtrack review: ‘Choreographer Kyle Abraham debuts at Sadler’s Wells’
“We’re still dying” says African American choreographer Kyle Abraham. Limp bodies lie heaped upon one another: face down, arms twisted back, wrists crossed. Abraham returns repeatedly to this image in his work Pavement. ‘ Read the review full here.
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The Independent – Review: ‘Kyle Abraham, Pavement, Sadler’s Wells, London, review: Theatre, hip hop and a sharp political sensibility’
‘One of the most powerful qualities in Pavement is that, in a work about discrimination and suffering, it never reduces its dancers to flat victims. They’re both a community and individuals. Running around the stage, their jog becomes a rhythmic stride, each dancer gleefully spinning off into their own version.’ Read the full review here.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette review: ‘Choreographer Kyle Abraham shows off a formidable stage presence upon return to his native Pittsburgh’
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Pittsburgh Courier preview: ‘Pittsburgh choreographer Kyle Abraham to perform at AWC’
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Triblive preview: ‘Celebrated choreographer Kyle Abraham comes home to Pittsburgh’
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Pittsburgh City Paper preview: ‘Kyle Abraham and company return for their first show here in four years.’
‘The last time Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion performed in Pittsburgh, in 2013, the troupe sold out the Byham Theater. Since then, company founder and Pittsburgh native Kyle Abraham has premiered more than a dozen new works for his own company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Martha Graham Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and others. The…