This dance of speculative fiction created by choreographer Kyle Marshall began as virtual improvisation sessions with two fellow movement artists. STELLAR is inspired by Afrofuturism, the echoes of Jazz, and the stars within us.
Choreography and Scores: Kyle Marshall
Performers: Bree Breeden, Kyle Marshall, and Ariana Speight
Sound: Kwami Winfield
Suits: Malcolm-x Betts
Lighting: Amanda K. Ringger
Makeup: Edo Tastic
Filmed and Edited by Tatyana Tenenbaum for Baryshnikov Arts Center
Film Location: BAC’s Jerome Robbins Theater
In Conversation: Kyle Marshall with Charmaine Warren
BAC presents a live-streamed conversation with Marshall and performer, educator, and dance writer Charmaine Warren on Wednesday, June 16 at 7PM ET.
Live on ZOOM
Free / Registration is required here.
BAC Artist Commissions made possible with generous leadership support from Anonymous, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Howard Gilman Foundation, Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Thompson Family Foundation, and Robert and Kathleen Wallace.
Lead support of dance programming at BAC is provided by the Rudolf Nureyev Endowment.
As of January, 2021.
Live on ZOOM
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Kyle Marshall
Kyle Marshall is a choreographer, performer and teaching artist. He recently received the 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award and a NY “Bessie” Award nomination for the production “Colored.” His dance company, Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC) sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration.
Photos: Maria Baranova, Norbert De la Cruz III