Anne Nguyen
Autarcie (....): a search for self-sufficiency
Thu, Sep 29–Sat, Oct 1, 2016
US Premiere
Thu, Sep 29 at 8pm
Fri, Sep 30 at 8pm
Sat, Oct 1 at 5 & 8pm
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Gibney Dance
Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
280 Broadway,
Entrance at 53A Chambers
New York, NY 10007
Hypnotic beats underscore a game of strategy between four jumpsuit-clad hip-hop dancers. Each uses her specialty—break dance, popping, or waacking—in pursuit of territory, power, and possible harmony.
FIAF & Gibney Members $15
Non-Members $20
Co-presented with Dancing in the Streets and Gibney Dance Center.
Part of BRIDGING: A French-American Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts, an initiative supported by The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations
“I seek to reconcile the peculiarities of hip-hop with demanding theatrical performance to question the place of human beings in the modern-day world.”
Breakdance world champion Anne Nguyen has spent the past decade bringing the art of hip-hop and dance battle from the street to the stage. Throwing abstracted choreography into collision with geometry, architecture, and human experience, she celebrates hip-hop dancers’ technical and expressive prowess. A rising star in France, Nguyen makes her US debut at Crossing the Line with two works.