A Delicate Ritual |
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| Curated by:
| Abraham, Kyle |
| Contribution by:
| Brathwaite, Charlotte
Fraley, Vinson
Miller, Bebe
paggett, taisha
Pang, Steve
Pitts, Shamel
Prefer, Marisa
Roussève, David
Schneider, Carrie
Taylor, Micaela
Valentine, Gioncarlo
Woods, Ethan |
| Editor:
| Hussie-Taylor, Judy
Morton, Seta |
| Designed by:
| Walker, Judith |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7339271-3-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2024 |
| Publisher: | Danspace Project
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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A Delicate Ritual, guest curated by Kyle Abraham, is the 16th Platform to date at Danspace Project. The Platform features three evenings of performance, beginning with a new work by Shamel Pitts (May 2-4),, followed by two intergenerational shared evenings of performance with David Roussève and taisha paggett (May 23-25), and Vinson Fraley and Bebe Miller (June 6-8). The featured performances are all in in conversation with Abraham's curatorial inquiries:How does nature's...
More DescriptionA Delicate Ritual, guest curated by Kyle Abraham, is the 16th Platform to date at Danspace Project. The Platform features three evenings of performance, beginning with a new work by Shamel Pitts (May 2-4),, followed by two intergenerational shared evenings of performance with David Roussève and taisha paggett (May 23-25), and Vinson Fraley and Bebe Miller (June 6-8). The featured performances are all in in conversation with Abraham's curatorial inquiries:How does nature's relationship with humanity communicate/jostle/live in your body?How present is a history of love in your relationship to ritual or prayer? How does change affect your relationship to ritual and prayer?With this Platform, Abraham honors the life and work of late choreographer and passionately dedicated dance educator, Kevin Wynn. The other live events of the Platform include a memorial to Wynn, classes in Wynn's technique, and an afternoon of artistic exchanges. This catalogue is a collection of vulnerable questions, portraits, and discussions in response to Abraham's curatorial inquiries. This collection features transcribed and edited conversations between the Platform artists along with unlikely "blind- date" conversations between choreographer, Beth Gill and photographer, Carrie Schneider; director, Charlotte Brathwaite and ecologist, Marisa Prefer; and arborist, Ethan Woods and acupuncturist, Steve Pang. With this publication, Abraham brings together artists, environmentalists, and healers from different walks of life, to reflect on their own rituals, vulnerabilities, and connections to home, water, ritual, prayer, and love in a creative practice.