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Presented by Kelly Strayhorn Theater

November 18 & 19 | 8 PM
Pre-Show Mixer | 7 PM

Pittsburgh native Kyle Abraham brings his dance company to KST for the world premiere of his new ensemble dance work, Live! The Realest MC. Inspired by Pinocchio's plight to be a "real boy," Live! The Realest MC, references our own humanity in this digital age, creating an abstracted and humorously dark narrative that places the iconic childhood character in an industrial dystopia.

Investigating gender roles in the black community and the quest for acceptance in the world of hip-hop celebrity, Live! will be packed with fresh beats and moves with the emotional resonance that only A.I.M. can deliver.

Presented as part of Kelly Strayhorn Theater's KSTmoves contemporary dance series. 

This project is supported by The MAP Fund, which is generously supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This work was created, in part, during a Creative Development Residency at the Bates Dance Festival and was created by Kyle Abraham to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS, with generous support from Major Choreographic Sponsor Rockefeller Brothers Fund and from Choreographic Sponsors David DeMuro& Chris Longobucco.

This work was developed, in part, through a Danspace Project residency at the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance (ICPP) at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT and through a 651 ARTS, Artist Development Initiative residency at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, NY. Live! The Realest MC is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Miami Dade College in partnership with On The Boards, Bates Dance Festival, Dance Place, 651 ARTS and National Performing Network. 

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