Kyle Abraham, 2012 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award recipient and 2012 USA Ford Fellow, began his training at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School in Pittsburgh, Pa. He continued his dance studies in New York, receiving a BFA from SUNY Purchase and an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. In 2010, Abraham was selected as one of Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch in 2009. In 2011, OUT Magazine labeled Abraham as the “best and brightest creative talent to emerge in New York City in the age of Obama.”

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A regular collaborator with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Abraham is calling for the re-evaluation of contemporary dance in the United States.

The Radio Show is an elegy to the motown and hip hop played on the only urban-format radio stations in Abraham’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa. When they went off the air abruptly in 2009, it was the same time that his father lost his language to Alzheimer’s.

In the sudden silence, Abraham picked up the pieces – the songs, the words, the static – and he made a dance. Revealing the rituals of listening and revelling in the joy of moving to the music, The Radio Show is a welcoming memorial.

The Radio Show – Talkshow

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Come talk with us. This is where the artists of World Stage meet with the audience outside their work – through conversation with curated guest hosts. Our talkshow events, which follow the performance, provide unparalleled contact and context.

Kevin A. Ormsby, dancer/choreographer and artistic director of KasheDance, will host.

Admission is free with the purchase of a ticket to The Radio Show.

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Date: February 5th, 2014 to February 8th, 2014
Location: Fleck Dance Theatre, [highlight]207 QUEENS QUAY W, M5J 1A7[/highlight]

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