I went to see new work by Dean Moss and Reggie Wilson, two black choreographers I was interested in for some time, but had not before had the pleasure of witnessing live. The evening began with Reggie Wilson's work, a solo performed by Souleymane Badolo. I found the solo to be lenghtly. The work was introduced by Reggie Wilson, as he explained the history of the work and where it is currently in development. Souleymane has incredible articulation of his spine, in additional to the rest of his body. Slow, and extremely articulate he transposed between robing, disrobing, and work across one section of the floor stage right. Dean Moss also introduced his work, a collaboration with visual artist Laylah Ali. The work featured a playful run around emotion, with the perpetual picking up and throwing of mirrors. When they hit a performer, that person would collapse on the floor and other people would cover that person in mirrors until they began to stand back up. At that point, everyone would run away and begin throwing mirrors to the center again. The work seemed to still be in development, which I found to be relieving as a young choreographer with perfectionist tendencies. Even the more experienced professional still exhibits work that is in progress.
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