REIMAGING ALVIN AILEY\u2019S REVELATIONS IN 2024
UCLA Graduate Student Honors and Challenges \u2018Dancestor\u2019 in PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted Performance
LOS ANGELES, CA March 20, 2024:
Aquilah \u201cKHILA\u201d Ohemeng, choreographer\/director of PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted, is currently an MFA
Candidate in UCLA\u2019s World Arts and Cultures\/Dance Choreographic Inquiry program. PASS US NOT: Holy
Ghosted embarks on the Philadelphia native\u2019s choreographic and directorial debut here in Los Angeles. The work is in conjunction with UCLA WAC\/D\u2019s MFA Upstarts Series 2024 and will take place in Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater on Friday April 26th and Saturday April 27th, 2024 at 8pm. All are welcome; admission is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
REIMAGING ALVIN AILEY\u2019S REVELATIONS IN 2024UCLA Graduate Student Honors and Challenges \u2018Dancestor\u2019 in PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted PerformanceLOS ANGELES, CA March 20, 2024:Aquilah \u201cKHILA\u201d … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8040,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8039\/revisions\/8040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Reimagining Revelations, PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted, an evening-length group performance reinterprets
Alvin Ailey’s 1960 work Revelations through the lens of frustrations and aspirations that Generation Z members navigate in a \u201cpost-pandemic\u201d United States. Ohemeng uses archival research (written and embodied) to converse with the use of traditional African-American spirituals in Revelations\u2019 soundscore and their original meanings and connotations. Ohemeng states, \u201cDespite the historical and continued oppression of Black bodies, these songs\u2019 composition foregrounds themes of struggle and endurance that we still experience today. As we all navigate this thing called \u201clife,\u201d such lyrics have the potential to become inclusive with recognition of the context and circumstances that caused them to arise.\u201d She adds, \u201cWith a young and racially diverse cast, I am interested in how my generation is dealing with struggle, depleted hope, and communal healing. In this work, the performers share their experiences and grievances in order to be in conversation with these iconic songs,
identifying what\u2019s real for them.\u201d PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted reenvisions Revelations\u2019 movement aesthetics through a unique blend of African diasporic dance forms including hip-hop\/street dance with Ailey\u2019s notable fusion of ballet and modern movement.
Following April 26th\u2019s performance, there will be a reception with light refreshments in the Kaufman Courtyard.
After April 27th\u2019s performance, there will be a moderated artist talkback, moderated by Miguel Guttierez, an award-winning choreographer and WAC\/D Associate Professor.
To RSVP for this event, please RSVP\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"