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In the September, 2020 article, “David Gordon Digs Into His Archives for a Dance That Matters,” New York Times dance critic Gia Kourlas writes of “a symphony of bodies” performing in Gordon’s “The Philadelphia Matter -- 1972/2020” (Kourlas).
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Bursts of breaking, funk music, and an audience that cannot and will not stay seated. That is the energy of Funkedified. Through this show, choreographer Rennie Harris and his company take the audience on a tour through the evolution of funk music that informed the dance styles that would become integral to today’s hip-hop.
Donald Byrd’s A Rap On Race provides new insight on what a dance performance can be, while relevantly speaking to issues in American society with intensity, vigor, and artistry. By bringing to life the fierce and historically significant conversation between James Baldwin and Margaret Mead, the show places this discussion into the current era
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About My WorkI think of my dancing and my writing as synergistic; one art form is influenced by the other. I am fond of writing in all genres-- literary analysis, fiction, and creative nonfiction. My dance life has made me increasingly interested in writing dance criticism. I am currently in the process of conducting research on the relationship between dance criticism and the internet. |
