Culture lab.Reggie Wilson sees his collaborative project Black Burlesque burlesque (bûrlĕsk`) [Ital.,=mockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. It differs from satire in that it is devoid of any ethical element. (revisited) as a cultural, as well as choreographic, experiment. For the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of premiere at Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. October 23-November 2, Wilson brings together accomplished performers from Trinidad's Noble Douglas Dance Company, Zimbabwe's a cappella a cap·pel·la adv. Music Without instrumental accompaniment. [Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.] Adj. 1. music group Black Umfolosi, and his own New York-based company, Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group. As the cast of thirteen began to share cultural traditions, from Trinidadian folkloric dances to Zimbabwean tongue-clicking songs, a process of adaptation and transformation came into play. "Culture is dynamic," Wilson says. "It's created by individuals." Black Burlesque communicates something of that dynamism to the audience. |
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