Fri March 15 - Sun March 17, 2024
Robert Moses KIN Presents World Premiere of New Legacies: One Act Dances
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"New Legacies: One Act Dances"is an evening of three startingly original works that offer a defiant response to the chilling effects of censorship. Witness an electrifying triptych forged by three choreographers, three composers, three writers, and 16 dancers along with a provocative new work by Robert Moses. Expect a dynamic mix of dance styles (contemporary to house) and music (acapella to Goth) accompanied by poetry and prose and a stunning visual design. This visceral response to the rising tide of suppression in education and outright censorship challenges us to think about the historical power of narrative erasure. Artistic Director Robert Moses warns, "Libraries crumble and rise again, their contents reshaped to serve the whims of power. This obliteration of stories is the obliteration of lives."
Collaborating with Moses on New Legacies: One Act Dances is a unique team of choreographers, writers, composers and dancers to create this new and multilayered work. The full team, which includes composers Brian Dyer, Vicki Randle and Valerie Troutt, will be announced by February 1.
Moses will also present A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation, new work extending from his 2023 piece, Fugitive Legacies, and for which Moses has written the text:
"None of this came from, or is because of anything we need to change.
There was no malady that caused this silence; there was no curse that led to this,
No witch cast spell, no long held grudge of a God bestowing blessing or curse.
This is not the result of unfortunate immortality of circumstance tied to twisted repeating epic cosmic tragedy.
When we started there was no God."
(Excerpt from A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation by Robert Moses)
KIN will also perform a work inspired by the material generated in Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies, the company's collaborative community based educational program engaging with youth and elders throughout San Francisco.
$8-$45.
Presented by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company.
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Collaborating with Moses on New Legacies: One Act Dances is a unique team of choreographers, writers, composers and dancers to create this new and multilayered work. The full team, which includes composers Brian Dyer, Vicki Randle and Valerie Troutt, will be announced by February 1.
Moses will also present A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation, new work extending from his 2023 piece, Fugitive Legacies, and for which Moses has written the text:
"None of this came from, or is because of anything we need to change.
There was no malady that caused this silence; there was no curse that led to this,
No witch cast spell, no long held grudge of a God bestowing blessing or curse.
This is not the result of unfortunate immortality of circumstance tied to twisted repeating epic cosmic tragedy.
When we started there was no God."
(Excerpt from A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation by Robert Moses)
KIN will also perform a work inspired by the material generated in Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies, the company's collaborative community based educational program engaging with youth and elders throughout San Francisco.
$8-$45.
Presented by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company.
"New Legacies: One Act Dances"is an evening of three startingly original works that offer a defiant response to the chilling effects of censorship. Witness an electrifying triptych forged by three choreographers, three composers, three writers, and 16 dancers along with a provocative new work by Robert Moses. Expect a dynamic mix of dance styles (contemporary to house) and music (acapella to Goth) accompanied by poetry and prose and a stunning visual design. This visceral response to the rising tide of suppression in education and outright censorship challenges us to think about the historical power of narrative erasure. Artistic Director Robert Moses warns, "Libraries crumble and rise again, their contents reshaped to serve the whims of power. This obliteration of stories is the obliteration of lives."
Collaborating with Moses on New Legacies: One Act Dances is a unique team of choreographers, writers, composers and dancers to create this new and multilayered work. The full team, which includes composers Brian Dyer, Vicki Randle and Valerie Troutt, will be announced by February 1.
Moses will also present A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation, new work extending from his 2023 piece, Fugitive Legacies, and for which Moses has written the text:
"None of this came from, or is because of anything we need to change.
There was no malady that caused this silence; there was no curse that led to this,
No witch cast spell, no long held grudge of a God bestowing blessing or curse.
This is not the result of unfortunate immortality of circumstance tied to twisted repeating epic cosmic tragedy.
When we started there was no God."
(Excerpt from A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation by Robert Moses)
KIN will also perform a work inspired by the material generated in Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies, the company's collaborative community based educational program engaging with youth and elders throughout San Francisco.
$8-$45.
Presented by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company.
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Collaborating with Moses on New Legacies: One Act Dances is a unique team of choreographers, writers, composers and dancers to create this new and multilayered work. The full team, which includes composers Brian Dyer, Vicki Randle and Valerie Troutt, will be announced by February 1.
Moses will also present A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation, new work extending from his 2023 piece, Fugitive Legacies, and for which Moses has written the text:
"None of this came from, or is because of anything we need to change.
There was no malady that caused this silence; there was no curse that led to this,
No witch cast spell, no long held grudge of a God bestowing blessing or curse.
This is not the result of unfortunate immortality of circumstance tied to twisted repeating epic cosmic tragedy.
When we started there was no God."
(Excerpt from A Cleaning Woman's Reflection on Creation by Robert Moses)
KIN will also perform a work inspired by the material generated in Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies, the company's collaborative community based educational program engaging with youth and elders throughout San Francisco.
$8-$45.
Presented by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company.
show less
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