Reggie Wilson / Fist & Heel Performance Group and Andréya Ouamba / Compagnie 1er Temps
The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn
- 2-for-1 tickets to Thu, Apr 1, performance with
your Big Idea Night button (Box Office only)
- 2-for-1 tickets when you attend the Reggie Wilson/Andréya Ouamba Master Class (details below)
your Big Idea Night button (Box Office only)
- $5 off a ticket when you check in on Foursquare (Box Office only)
- Student & Senior Rush tickets available at Box Office
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"Mr. Wilson is not as well known as one might expect given his skill and experience; the multiple resonances in his work, from slave spirituals to postmodern task-based choreography, create dizzying, nonlinear performances that are as smart as they are sensual."
— New York Times
Brooklyn-based choreographer Reggie Wilson returns to YBCA with The Good Dance – dakar/brooklyn, the culmination of a multi-year collaboration and cultural exchange with Congolese contemporary choreographer Andréya Ouamba and his Dakar, Senegal-based company 1er Temps. An evening-length program featuring movement, text and live vocal work, The Good Dance melds the rich art, culture and history of each man's ancestral past, incorporating the rhythms of African, Caribbean and African-American dance to create a theatrical world that passionately reflects upon the connections, both intimate and metaphoric, of the cultures of the Congo and Mississippi rivers.
Running time: 75 mins, no intermission
Read more:
The New York Times review: "Joined Hands and Feet, Like Friends Talking"
Thu, Apr 1
Join Reggie Wilson,
The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn company, and YBCA Performing Arts curator Angela Mattox for a champagne toast after the Thursday, April 1 performance. Free for YBCA members and a guest; $5 for general admission
More info and tickets »
Post-Show Conversation with Reggie Wilson / Fist & Heel Performance Group
Fri, Apr 2
Novellus Theater
FREE w/ The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn performance ticket
Reggie Wilson/Andréya Ouamba Master Class
Sat, Apr 3 • 1-2:30 pm
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Oakland
$10
To register, call: 866.898.2722 (AAAPAC)
Master Class with Reggie Wilson and Andréya Ouamba exploring both contemporary movement that utilizes source materials and movement languages from cultures of the Southern U.S., the Caribbean and Southern, Western and Central Africa and improvisational structures in which each dancer finds and locates themselves in the larger space during the process of creation.
2-for-1 ticket offer for The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn
After registering for the master class, ask to redeem this offer with the YBCA box office, in person or by calling 415.978.2787
The Good Dance is funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project (NDP), with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation. The Good Dance is commissioned by MANCC, UCLA Live, Festival of Arts and Ideas, 651 Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Walker Art Center.