MotorRover

MotorRover

MotorRover is a new duet, both abstract and tender, created by Kyle Abraham in conversation with Merce Cunningham’s 1972 ensemble work, Landrover. Cunningham said his original idea for Landrover was to capture “the sense that we move in our country—across varied spaces—with varied backgrounds.” He initially considered performing the work in front of a continuously changing landscape, although in the performance there was no décor. Abraham’s work also appears unadorned with no music or set. But in the silence, one can almost hear the earth rearranging itself, as America continues to shift, beneath the dancers’ steady feet.

CHOREOGRAPHY
Kyle Abraham in collaboration with A.I.M

Lighting Design

Dan Scully

Costume Design

Reid & Harriet

Premiere Cast

Jamaal Bowman, Donovan Reed

Cast for Film Adaptation

Claude “CJ” Johnson, Donovan Reed

DURATION
15 minutes

PREMIERE
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY