Kyle Marshall Choreography | Saturday | July 18 | 7:30PM

The cornerstone of Kyle Marshall Choreography’s Julius Eastman Trilogy, Femenine is an evening-length dance set to Eastman’s joyous 1974 score. Dressed in non-binary expressions the cast of performers create a community onstage through lighting and movement ebbing between queer geometry and intimate solos. Driven by a lush soundscape of bells, brass, and strings, the work celebrates Black and Brown LGBTQ+ artistry and the enduring legacy of Julius Eastman.

Photo Credit: Steven Taylor

ABOUT KYLE MARSHALL CHOREOGRAPHY

Founded in 2014, Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC) is a company that sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform, and a site of celebration. KMC believes in the creation, sharing, and teaching of dance as a way to deepen our knowledge of who we are as individuals, how we develop relationships, and ultimately societies.

KMC has performed at venues throughout the NYC area including: Chelsea Factory, BAM Next Wave Festival, Joe’s Pub, The Shed, Roulette, Abrons Arts Center, Bickford Theater/Morris Museum and the Entertainment Community Fund Arts Center. National touring has included: Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out (Beckett, MA), FringeArts (Philadelphia), and New World Center (Miami). Choreographic Commissions have included: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Baryshnikov Arts Center, “Dance on the Lawn” Montclair Dance Festival, NJPAC and Harlem Stage. KMC has been in residence at Bethany Arts Community, Monira Foundation, 92Y, American Dance Festival, The Center for Ballet and The Arts at NYU and with The Joyce Theater at 280 Gibney Dance Center. The company regularly engages in educational and repertory workshops in high school and colleges throughout the region including; Bloomfield College, Trenton Central High School, Sarah Lawerence College, Rutgers University, County Prep High School and Virginia Commonwealth University. Director Kyle Marshall was a 2021-22 Caroline Hearst Choreographer-in-Residence at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance at Princeton University. Additionally, Kyle has received a 2018 NY Dance and Performance Juried Bessie Award, a 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award and was a 2020 Bessie Honoree for the revival of Colored. Kyle is a graduate of Rutgers University, a NJ State Arts Fellow and an adjunct professor at NYU’s Open Arts Program.

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