A special crossover episode – Office Hours x Skirball Tapes, hosted by Catharine Simpson.
Kyle Abraham – amongst his many, many accolades – is a member of the NYU Skirball Artistic Advisory Council. He is also an NYU Tisch Dance alum, and started A.I.M during his time at NYU. His work brings together dance, music, and the social and political complexities of American public life.
Learn more about A.I.M by Kyle Abraham.
Sheril Antonio on “Cassette Vol. 1”
Dance transcends place, time, language and the limits we put on culture and communication.
Office Hours
Get Into It
Get Thee to the LIbrary
Recommended readings to get you in gear for the show.
Jafari S. Allen. There’s a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life. Duke UP, 2022.
Clare Croft, editor. Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings. Oxford UP, 2017.
Thomas F. DeFrantz. The Oxford Handbook of Black Dance Studies. Oxford UP, 2026.
Marc Strauss and Myron Howard Nadel. Looking at Contemporary Dance: A Guide for the Internet Age. Hightstown, 2012.
Read All About It
Cero | Dec 8, 2025
Breaking Boundaries with Kyle Abraham
Before he was choreographing for the world’s top stages, Abraham built his creative foundation outside of the dance studio.
LA Dance Chronicle | Feb 3, 2024
Interview with Choreographer and Artistic Director Kyle Abraham
“In a lot of my work, we are looking at humanity and really making sure that you see people on stage.”
W Magazine | Oct. 10, 2023
For Choreographer Kyle Abraham, Dance Is a Reflection of Life
“I’ve loved dancing since I can remember. I got kicked out of Catholic school on the very first day — for dancing.”
Harpers Bazaar | Mar 20, 2025
For Kyle Abraham, Hope Is a Movement
“What’s charging me right now is trying to persevere and push myself—and hopefully make people feel seen and loved.”
From the Archives
Kyle Abraham was last onstage at NYU Skirball in 2019, with Live! The Realest M.C. – part of #Stonewall50 at NYU.
Apr 4 - 6, 2019 | #dance, #stonewall 50
A.I.M: Live! The Realest MC
Pamela Newkirk on A.I.M
Abraham widens the frame of possibility for a younger generation of artists.
Prep School: Live! The Realest MC
Readings, videos, interviews and more.
Extra Credit
Cassette Vol. 1 is the final show in the NYU Skirball 2025-26 season. Look back to one of the first shows in the season, Krapp’s Last Tape – with shared resonances around nostalgia, accessed via the technology of the tape.
Oct 8 - 19, 2025 | #theater
Stephen Rea: Krapp’s Last Tape
François Noudelmann on Samuel Beckett and Listening to What Ends
At the end of the play, the tape recorder has the last word, humanity having become nothing more than an ear.