JAN 16, 1PM Kyle Marshall Choreography Onyx excerpt

Kyle Marshall Choreography Onyx

JAN 16, 1PM

Artistic Direction, Choreography by Kyle Marshall Performed by Bree Breeden, Cayleen Del Rosario, Niara Hardister, Kyle Marshall, Nik Owens Sound Collaborator: Kwami Winfield Visual Director - Makeup, Hair & Costume Design: Edo Tastic Lighting Design by Itohan Edoloyi Costume Construction by Meagan Woods Company Manager: Madalyn Rupprecht

FUNDING

Onyx is co-commissioned by The Joyce Theater Foundation’s Creative Residencies Program made possible by the Mellon Foundation and American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works. Additional support from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ArtsCONNECT Grant. Initial research was supported by a 2021 Caroline A. Hearst Choreography Fellowship from Princeton University. Special thanks to Ariana Speight for their contributions to the work. Gratitude goes to the Monira Foundation at MANA Contemporary and The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU for generous residency time to build the work..

Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC) sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. Since its founding in 2014, KMC has performed at venues including: Chelsea Factory, BAM Next Wave Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/ Out, FringeArts (Philadelphia), Joe’s Pub, The Shed, Roulette, Abrons Arts Center, New World Symphony (Miami) and Actors Fund Arts Center. Commissions have included: Baryshnikov Arts Center, “Dance on the Lawn” Montclair Dance Festival, ADF and Harlem Stage. Residencies have included: Bethany Arts Community, MANA Contemporary, and the 92nd st Y. The company regularly engages in educational and repertory workshops in high school and colleges throughout the region including; Bloomfield College, Trenton Central High School, County Prep High School and Sarah Lawerence College.

Director Kyle Marshall received a 2018 Juried Bessie Award and a 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award. Kyle has also received choreographic fellowships from Princeton University and the Center for Ballet and the Arts. Kyle currently holds an adjunct position at NYU’s Open Arts Program. He is a former member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company and a graduate of Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance.