One of the hottest new talents on the American dance scene, Kyle Abraham / Abraham.In.Motion creates a moving and powerful portrait of urban life consumed by gang and police violence in Pavement. Choreographer Kyle Abraham, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, reflects the bold era of ’90s hip-hop, while examining a culture plagued by discrimination and genocide, set against the backdrop of the declining environment of Pittsburgh’s historically black neighborhoods. Drawing inspiration from John Singleton’s groundbreaking film Boyz n The Hood (1991) and the classic essays of W.E.B. DuBois’ The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Pavement uses movement to depict scenes of violence, love, male bonding, arrests, and physical and emotional pain set to a soundtrack that mixes a baroque operatic score with R&B and the sounds of the city.
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One of the hottest new talents on the American dance scene, Kyle Abraham / Abraham.In.Motion creates a moving and powerful portrait of urban life consumed by gang and police violence in Pavement. Choreographer Kyle Abraham, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, reflects the bold era of ’90s hip-hop, while examining a culture plagued by discrimination and genocide, set against the backdrop of the declining environment of Pittsburgh’s historically black neighborhoods. Drawing inspiration from John Singleton’s groundbreaking film Boyz n The Hood (1991) and the classic essays of W.E.B. DuBois’ The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Pavement uses movement to depict scenes of violence, love, male bonding, arrests, and physical and emotional pain set to a soundtrack that mixes a baroque operatic score with R&B and the sounds of the city.
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