"BLACK MAGIC: FIVE" at New York Live Arts
Company:
New York Live Arts
From multi-disciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome, BLACK MAGIC is a holistic reflection on agency, Blackness, and the futurity of intersectional identities and oppression. Under the umbrella of BLACK MAGIC, FIVE is a multimedia performance that abstracts the art of Vogue Femme, a dance form originating from the African-American and Latino LGBTQ community of 1970s Harlem.
In the performance 5 dancers represent the five elements of Vogue Femme—hands, catwalk, floor performance, spin dips, and duck-walking. As each dancer takes the floor, a hip-hop M.C., an operatic vocalist, a black gospel choir, and five musicians improvise an interactive soundtrack, building to a carefully structured crescendo of sound and movement.
The New York Live Arts FIVE cast features commentators Precious, Snooks, and Kevin JZ Prodigy; dancers Legendary Dawn Ebony, Justin LaBeija, Tia Lanvin, Alex Mugler, Smerk Milan, Davon Prodigy, Tati Miyake Mugler, and Star Revlon; choir members Kyron Elcock, Cheenee Campbell, Matia Celeste, Jhetti Rose, James Dale, and Brianna Turner; musicians Druvvy, Wanslin Pierre, Tim Smith,David Middleton, and Elijah J. Thomas; and vocalist Paul Grosvenor.
Share Your Audience Review. Your Words Are Valuable to Dance.
Are you going to see this show, or have you seen it? Share "your" review here on The Dance Enthusiast. Your words are valuable. They help artists, educate audiences, and support the dance field in general. There is no need to be a professional critic. Just click through to our Audience Review Section and you will have the option to write free-form, or answer our helpful Enthusiast Review Questionnaire, or if you feel creative, even write a haiku review. So join the conversation.
