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Kyle Abraham/ Abraham 2014-2015 UMS LEARNING GUIDE Kyle Abraham/ Abraham. In.Motion TABLE OF CONTENTS 04 05 07 17 THANK ATTEND LEARN CONNECT YOU! 06 The Details 08 Why? 18 Being an Audience Member 10 Artist 21 Arts Online 12 Art Form 23 Recommended Reading 14 Performance 25 Writing About Live Performance 28 About UMS 30 Credits and Sponsors 2 UMS SCHOOL DAY PERFORMANCE Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion Thursday, March 12, 10:30am and 12:30pm Power Center MAR 12 3 DETROIT TRUMPETER MARCUS BELGRAVE MEETS WITH DETROIT SCHOOL OF ARTS STUDENTS FOLLOWING HIS UMS SCHOOL DAY PERFORMANCE. Thank You! Thank you for your interest in learning about or attending one of our UMS School Day Performances. UMS.ORG / 734.615.0122 4 Attend Coming to your E-mail Inbox! Map and Driving Directions Logistical Details (drop-off/pick-up locations) Venue Information UMS.ORG / 734.615.0122 5 ATTEND THE DETAILS ACCESSIBILITY We aim to maximize accessibility at our performances and below are details regarding this performance’s points of accessibility. If you have further question e-mail [email protected] or call 734-615-0122. The following services are available to audience members: • Wheelchair, companion, or other special seating • Courtesy wheelchairs • Hearing Impaired Support Systems PARKING There is handicapped parking very close to the Power Center on Fletcher Street VENUE ADDRESS and in the parking structure behind the Power Center on Palmer Drive. The first Power Center, 121 Fletcher St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 three levels of the Palmer Drive structure have five parking spots on each level next to each elevator. There are a total of 15 parking spaces in the garage. EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER 734-764-2538 WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY The Power Center is wheelchair accessible and has 12 seats for audience members ARRIVAL TIME with special needs. Between 10:00 and 10:20, or between 12:00 and 12:20, depending on your performance. BATHROOMS ADA Compliant toilets are available in the green room (east corner) of the Power Center TICKETS for both men and women. We do not use paper tickets for School Day Performances. We hold school reservations at the door and seat groups upon arrival. ENTRY The front doors are not powered; however, there will be an usher at that door FOOD opening it for all patrons. No food or drinks (including school lunches) are allowed in the theater 6 Learn Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion UMS.ORG / 734.615.0122 7 LEARN WHY? UMS EDUCATION ARTISTIC STATEMENT The dance works of Kyle Abraham, one of the most prominent young choreographers in the United States today, lie at a series of thematic and stylistic crossroads. Mixing the rigor of classical dance with the spontaneity of hip-hop, rave, and other social dance forms, intense personal reflection with broader social and political investments, his dances explore identity across gender, race, and sexuality as the product of both the individual and the communities in which he or she lives. The New York Times describes Abraham’s style as “a curious collage of popular entertainment and expressionistic sociology.” In awarding him a 2013 “Genius Grant,” the MacArthur Foundation praised how Abraham’s “startling shifts in gestures and music create a rich dialogue between internal emotional landscapes and shared cultural experiences.” The dances in this School Day Performance, drawn from his new work When the Wolves Came In, explore the idea of freedom in the 21st century, and mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa. What does it mean to be free today? What challenges to freedom still remain, and what does the struggle toward freedom look like now? Featuring new music by Robert Glasper, inspired by Max Roach’s “We Insist: Freedom Now Suite” and scenic elements by visual artist Glenn Ligon, When the Wolves Came In showcases Abraham’s diverse artistic influences. It commemorates the centuries of individual and collective struggle towards a more equal society, and galvanizes and energizes its audiences for the challenges still to come. 8 LEARN WHY? ONLINE: CONNECTING TO THE PERFORMANCE Watch video interviews from New York Live Arts with composer Robert Glasper, artist Glenn Ligon, and costume designer Karen Young about their collaboration with Kyle Abraham on these new dance works. 9 LEARN ARTIST KYLE ABRAHAM/ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION: FIVE THINGS TO KNOW 01 02 03 04 05 Kyle Abraham is a 2013 His choreographic works Kyle didn’t take formal Before founding Abraham. In his dance works like MacArthur Fellow; the have been performed dance classes until college; In.Motion in 2006, Kyle Pavement, Live! The pieces being presented at by both his company, as a teen in his hometown danced for prominent Realest MC, and The Radio UMS are the product of a Kyle Abraham/Abraham. of Pittsburgh, he was very choreographers Bill T. Jones Show, Abraham explores commission by New York in.Motion (founded in involved in the rave/club and David Dorfman. issues of race, gender, Live Arts and premiered in 2006), and others at such dance scene, and the and sexuality, juxtaposing October 2014. venues as Jacob’s Pillow influence of social dancing personal narratives against Dance Festival, the Joyce is prominent in his works. larger social moments and Theatre, Harlem Stage, movements. Danspace Project, On the Boards, the Kelly-Strahorn Theater (Pittsburgh), and REDCAT (Los Angeles). 10 LEARN ARTIST ONLINE: GETTING TO KNOW KYLE ABRAHAM Read this Village Voice profile with Kyle Abraham, as he discusses the creative process behind his latest work. 11 LEARN ART FORM DANCE MOVEMENT Choreography is the series or combination of movements that creates these fundamental patterns in time and space. Like words in a sentence, the individual movements are just as important as the product of their combination. In dance there are many different types of movement. Here are some options to explore as you think about dance. TYPE DEFINITION SUSTAINED An even release of energy that stays constant, either fast or slow, but not both. PERCUSSIVE Sudden bursts of energy that start and stop quickly. SWINGING A drop of energy into gravity that sustains and follows through. SUSPENDED This is the movement at the end of a swing, before gravity takes over. COLLAPSE A sudden and complete release of energy, like fainting and either of the full body or a single body part. EXPLOSIVE A gathering of energy that is released as a burst of one huge sudden action, either of the full body or a single body part. 12 LEARN ART FORM DANCE ELEMENTS The elements of dance — easily remembered with the use of the acronym BEST: Body, Energy, Space, and Time — can be helpful guides in watching or thinking about dance. (from Cornett, C. (1999). The Arts as Meaning Makers. Person Education, Inc.) BODY ENERGY SPACE TIME Parts: Force: Level: Rhythm: Head, shoulders, elbows, hands, knees, feet, etc. Smooth or sharp Low, middle, high Pulse, beat Isolation: Weight: Levels: Speed: Movements restricted to one area of the Heavy or light The height of the dancer in relation to the Pace, tempo, rate body such as the shoulders, rib cage or hips floor. When a dancer is at a low level, a part Strength: of his torso might touch the floor; when a Accent: Shapes: Tight or relaxed dancer is at a high level, he might be in the Light or strong emphasis Curved/angular, small/large, flat/rounded air or on his toes Flow: Duration: Actions: Sudden or sustained, bound or free Direction: Fast/slow, short/long (Non-locomotor) Stretch, bend, twist, rise, Forward, backward, up, down, sideways fall, circle, shake, suspend, sway, swing, Phrases: collapse or (Locomotor) walk, run, leap, hop, Size: Dance sentences, patterns and combinations jump, gallop, skip, slide Large or small Locomotor: Destination: Movements that occur in general space Where a dancer moves when a dancer moves place to place Pathways: Non-locomotor: Patterns we make with the body on the floor Movements that occur in a person’s space and in the air with one body part anchored to one spot and that are organized around the spine or Focus: axis of the body Where a dancer looks 13 LEARN PERFORMANCE KYLE ABRAHAM/ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION LIFE IS FULL OF COMPLICATIONS—AND SO ARE MY DANCES. MY GOAL ISN’T TO FEED SOMEONE A SINGLE STORY, BUT TO HELP THEM SEE, HEAR AND FEEL THINGS THAT RESONATE FOR EVERYONE. I WANT TO MAKE THE DANCERS AND THE AUDIENCE FEEL LIKE PART OF THE SAME, LARGER COMMUNITY.” - KYLE ABRAHAM 14 LEARN PERFORMANCE Kyle Abraham/ Abraham. In.Motion Friday, March 13, 8 pm [NOTE NEW DATE] Saturday, March 14, 8 pm Power Center Post-performance Q&A after each performance Inspired by Max Roach’s protest music of the 1960s, historical milestones in black American civil rights, and the 20th anniversary of the abolishment of apartheid in South Africa, Kyle Abraham’s debut features two different but related performances — The Watershed, a full-evening work, and When the Wolves Came In, a set of three shorter pieces. Look for Kyle Abraham’s diverse movement influences to emerge throughout each piece: modern KYLE ABRAHAM, dance, ballet, hip-hop and other contemporary social dance, and the CHOREOGRAPHER commonplace gestures of everyday urban life. 15 LEARN PERFORMANCE ONLINE: KYLE ABRAHAM/ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION Watch excerpts from Kyle Abraham’s other staged works, as well as his “Dance Response” videos with original choreography set to music by James Blake and Kanye West, on his Vimeo channel. 16 Connect Being an Audience Member Arts Online Recommended Reading Writing About Live Performance About UMS UMS.ORG / 734.615.0122 17 CONNECT BEING AN AUDIENCE MEMBER WATCHING AND LISTENING When preparing to attend a live performing arts event, we hope you will think about the concepts of concert conduct and manners.
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