Tag: REGGIE WILSON/FIST & HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP
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Reggie Wilson/NY Times Review: ‘Connecting Dance and Worship With Poetic Imagination’
‘Mr. Wilson explores the intersection of worship and dance with poetic imagination. Within the frame of postmodern dance — and with a heady mix of spirituals, contemporary music and field recordings — he produces a remarkable work that flows seamlessly from start to finish… A diverse, multigenerational cast reclaims a space with a dance. It’s…
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Kyle Abraham and Reggie Wilson are awarded a National Dance Project production and touring grant
For more information, click on this link. Read about Kyle’s and Reggie’s new projects below: KYLE ABRAHAM – A.I.M: THE UNTITLED D’ANGELO PROJECT is an evening-length work, for eight to ten dancers, focused on the concept of ‘Black Love’ and the 2014 release of D’Angelo & The Vanguard’s critically acclaimed album, ‘The Black Messiah.’ The creative process…
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Dancelog review/Reggie Wilson performances: ‘Rejoice!’
‘In the narrow space of the balcony under sun-bright lights, the ten formed their circles and returned to the ritualized central pattern, shuffling and hitching, hands on hips. The apt accompanying final song, “Gonna Be a Bright Shiny Day,” mirrored the dance which grew bolder and more energized. The dancers smiled at each other, throwing…
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Photos of Reggie Wilson/FHPG’s performance of CITIZEN at Wesleyan Center for the Arts
Click here to view the photos of the performance.
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InfiniteBody blog: ‘Wilson’s Fist & Heel troupe concludes Platform 2018’
‘If you get a chance to see …they stood shaking while others began to shout–inspired by rhythmic Black Shaker, Yoruba, Black Baptist and Spiritual Baptist worship traditions and a luscious collage of Black music–I think you will appreciate how all of this craft creates a sturdy container for deep, enormous feeling. (That feeling is the neo-hoodoo secret sauce,…
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NY TIMES: When shakers were movers: wATCH AN EXCERPT FROM REGGIE WILSON’S LATEST DANCE
‘Watch an excerpt from Reggie Wilson’s latest dance, “ … they stood shaking while others began to shout,” inspired by black Shakers — specifically, the religious activist Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson.’ Click here to view the excerpt.