Kyle Abraham / Abraham.In.Motion: Dearest Home
CAP UCLA | Apr. 5–7, MacGowan Hall
“[Kyle Abraham’s] best work combines truth and beauty by making a message about race metamorphose, again and again, into symbol.” —The New Yorker
Born into hip-hop culture in the late 1970s and grounded in an artistic upbringing in classical cello, piano, and the visual arts; choreographer and School of the Arts and Architecture faculty member Kyle Abraham delves into identity through personal history. In collaboration with the members of Abraham.In.Motion, he entwines a sensual and provocative vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, behavior, and all things visual in an effort to create an avenue for personal investigation that can be explored on stage. Dearest Home is a departure from the themes of injustice prevalent in Abraham’s previous work. An interactive dance work developed over multiple years, it focuses on “Love, Longing, and Loss.” Built primarily on solos and duets generated from conversations with people from a variety of age groups and sub-cultures, Dearest Home interweaves movement—in its most vulnerable and intimate state—with cross-cultural expression and community action to reveal how differently we experience and talk about love and its absence.
More detailed information as available on the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA website.
Event Date: Apr. 5–7
Thursday & Friday, Apr. 5 & 6, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Apr. 7, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Venue: MacGowan Hall, Freud Playhouse
Price: $59*
*UCLA Students: $15, UCLA Faculty & Staff: $25
The Freud playhouse is located in the northeast corner of campus, next to the Broad Art Center, off of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue.
Parking is available in Lot 3.
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