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Can You Make A Dance About Race And Politics That’s Also Truly Good Art? This Man Can

DANCE Posted: December 30, 2016 9:01 am

“The ideal, of course, is a piece in which the artistic qualities – in dance, those would be shape, tempo, rhythm, attack, etc. – are such as to elicit a feeling that you recognize as being on the side of justice. But you never know whether that’s really justice or just your wish for a piece you admire to share your politics.” Joan Acocella writes that choreographer Kyle Abraham manages to transcend the dilemma.

DANCE Published: 01.02.17

Read the story in The New Yorker Published: 01.02.17

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