Rennie Harris'
Facing Mekka
(World
Music/CrashArts)
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Friday, October 17, 7pm
Saturday, October 18, 8pm
Sunday, October 19, 2pm
$45, $35, $25
Boston Premiere
In his astonishing new work
Facing
Mekka, the brilliant and critically acclaimed pioneer of hip-hop choreography
Rennie Harris journeys to the roots of hip-hop dance and joyfully celebrates
dance as a universal language. In this multilayered work, 17 dancers, three
vocalists, three dj's live percussion and collage projections create a
landscape of movement, rhythm, sound and image. Tracing the African lineage
of hip-hop dance, Harris fuses the hip-hop styles of B-boy (breaking) and
house (freestyle club) with elements from aboriginal dance, ceremonial
African dances and Brazilian capoeira.
Postperformance Q&A Friday,
October 17
Telecharge: 1-800/233-3123
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617/824-8000
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Facing Mekka is a "hip-hop
breakthrough. . . a complex, deeply intuitive dance experience that takes
the vocabulary of this galvanic African American street form into the realm
of the spiritual." - Los Angeles Times
"If this company were
any hotter, it would incinerate before your eyes."
- Philadelphia City Paper
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