Tag: A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM

‘Lincoln-Larimer native Kyle Abraham can add “cover star” to his list of accomplishments. Six dancers from his New York City-based dance troupe Abraham.In.Motion are featured on the front of the August issue of Dance Magazine, a major industry publication that’s been in print since 1927.’ Read the full story here.

‘Presented in the round at The Kitchen for Lumberyard in the City festival, this extraordinary ensemble piece speaks on so many levels. You can read in it Abraham’s personal experiences of love and loss–as well as your own–and you can also trace the longings and sorrows we face as members of the broader human family in a time of…

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‘In his new evening-length piece, “Dearest Home,” Mr. Abraham reflects on love, longing and loss, creating what he considers his most personal work to date.’ Read the full article here.

‘Abraham created Dearest Home in conversation and collaboration with a variety of age groups and communities He also drew upon new research into the concept of scientific empathy. Ironically, after he first choreographed Dearest Home, Abraham experienced a series of personal losses, including the passing of his mother, a breakup with his romantic partner and…

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‘But it’s the big mingle with Abraham that is virtuosic, his way of absorbing all the elements of various dance vocabularies, not patching them in as often seen, but fusing them to create a semi-narrative shadow of personal interior resonances.’ Read the full review here.

‘For his latest work, titled Dearest Home, which premiered on May 16 in San Francisco, Kyle Abraham told us that he drew on his personal experiences of love and loss, and on the experiences of LGBT seniors and teens who participated in workshops led by Abraham during the two-year creative process. The audience of about…

‘What unites the movement is a kind of sleek sobriety. The major trio (for Neal, Baker and Shiau) suggests sexual ambiguity and arrives in the middle of the piece. The sense of longing for what you can’t have pervades the whole work. Abraham excels at ambiguity of gesture; a pulled arm can mean desperation or…