Tag: REGGIE WILSON/FIST & HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP
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NY TIMES PREVIEW/REGGIE WILSON – ‘For This Choreographer, Dance Speaks Truer Than Words’
‘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…
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2017 APAP SHOWCASES
This year, Lotus artists, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion and Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group will showcase at APAP. Details of their performances are below. Visit Lotus at booth #220 (Rhinelander Gallery). CONTRA-TIEMPO * Wednesday, January 4: 7.30pm at The Joyce Theater (175 8th Avenue, NYC, NY 10011) as part of the ‘American Dance Platform’.…
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NY Times preview – Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group’s ‘CITIZEN’ OPENS AT THE HARVEY THEATER
‘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…
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Reggie Wilson/Brooklyn Paper preview: ‘Citizen’ strain: Dance explores being an outsider in America
‘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…
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New York Times – ‘Reggie Wilson’s ‘Citizen’: Sheer Repetition and Speed’
‘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…
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Eugene Weekly review of Reggie Wilson’s performances of Moses(es)
‘In Wilson’s choreography, we see a tremendous development of language and reason, but there’s ease to the telling of this story, too. His facility draws on a deep methodology into modern dance, but his effervescent structure lends a tip of the hat to the postmodernists.’ Read the full review here.
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Dance Magazine article: ‘New York City to Dancers: Immigrants Welcome Here’
‘Wilson said that when he goes abroad, people expect him to do tap dance or hip hop or African.’ Read the full article here.
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Check out the promo video of Reggie Wilson’s ‘CITIZEN’
CITIZEN coming to BAM December 14-17, 2016 “CITIZEN drove its heart-stoppingly relentless message home without firing a shot or saying a word.”–Philly Inquirer ‘Wilson and his dancers beautifully articulate humankind’s desire to belong.’–Phindie ‘CITIZEN, Wilson’s exploration of group and individual identity, history, and belonging, proceeds with mesmerizingly virtuosic solos and groupings.’–Thinking Dance