A.I.M: Live! The Realest MC

“Kyle Abraham is phenomenal.” — The New York Times

Riffing on the Pinocchio fable in a search to become “real,” choreographic chameleon and Bessie Award-winner Kyle Abraham takes a darkly humorous approach to gender roles and masculinity in the black community and the quest for acceptance in the world of hip-hop celebrity. Blending fast and furious contemporary dance with athletic movement derived from the street, this ensemble work ponders the price of conformity and the ways that identity is formed.

“[Abraham] uses the full arsenal of personal experience, dance techniques, and musical genres to strike a universal theme of what it means to be human.” Read more in professor Pamela Newkirk’s Indefinite Article.

Join us the week of the show for two free talks, with Kyle Abraham in conversation with NYU faculty. Free and open to the public.

April 2 @ NYU Dance, in conversation with Séan Curran April 3 @ NYU Social and Cultural Analysis, in conversation with Michael Ralph and Malik Gaines