TBA:11 ON STAGE
Live! The Realest MC
by Kyle Abraham
Live! The Realest MC is a new ensemble dance work inspired by Pinocchio’s plight to be a “real boy.” Through the lens of the classic story, the piece investigates gender roles in the black community and societal perspectives on the quest for acceptance in the world of hip hop celebrity.
Simultaneously, Abraham reflects on our current “emoticon” culture. How do we capture moments in our lives? Where have feelings gone? Are we becoming machines? Why is it that in our moments of deepest despair, we update our Facebook status? (Let me “tag” you and get back to you on that.) Live! references the fading of our own humanity through an abstracted and humorously dark narrative set in an urban, industrial dystopia.
This project is made possible in part by support from the National Performance Network’s Performance Residency Program. www.npn.org