Tag: REGGIE WILSON/FIST & HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP

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‘Wilson is a deep thinker. He’s asking you to observe, feel and think for yourself. Citizen is about many things and, while race is certainly central, there is also the question of what it means to belong, not to belong and to not even want to belong. There is a deep sense of alienation implied…

‘[…] everything else we do see appears to atomize Wilson’s research and musings. They spread out and form a texturous fabric of clear, repeated gestures and movement patterns sometimes assigned to specific performers and ultimately, beautifully, taken up by all.’ Read the full review here.

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‘For “Citizen,” Mr. Wilson developed a repertory of movements for the five dancers, each of whom has a solo. “I think of myself as completing tasks,” Mr. Kelly explained. The dancers’ actions are straightforward: a quick sequence of claps, a hand circling the opposite elbow, a giant leg circle that ends in a lunge to…

‘The reading list that Reggie Wilson compiled while researching his new work, “Citizen,” includes a biography of Zora Neale Hurston, a study of jazz’s origins and a look at black expats in Paris. This range speaks to the wide artistic and historical net he has cast in exploring what it means to belong to a…

‘A dance piece inspired by iconic African-American figures throughout history will raise questions about what it means to belong to a country that may not want you. And while the recent election has many feeling alienated from their country, the creator of “Citizen,” opening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Dec. 14, said that…

‘The choreographer Reggie Wilson is always thinking about the writer Zora Neale Hurston. “Nonstop,” as he put it. African-American artists and writers like James Baldwin moved to France to escape racism, but Hurston stayed in America. Inspired by Hurston and others, “Citizen,” Mr. Wilson’s latest, uses gestural solos that explore the idea of belonging.’ Read…