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Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful

About the Performance

Featuring a large ensemble of dancers with whom he has collaborated from across the country, plus Abraham himself, this Armory commission includes an innovative visual design created by Cao Yuxi (JAMES) and an Armory-commissioned score composed and performed live by the critically acclaimed new music ensemble yMusic to explore the growing sensitivities of life and transition, and nature and humanity, in our chaotic world. The underlying choreography employs layers of counterpoint to find intimacy and evoke ideas of empathy and constant change, fueling an evocative new dance work that migrates through the fragility of time and an ever-changing ecology.


Choreography
Kyle Abraham
Commissioned by

Park Avenue Armory

Lighting Design

Dan Scully

Visual Design

Cau Yuxi (JAMES)

Costume Design

Karen Young

Music

Original compositions by yMusic

Premiere Cast

Jamaal Bowman, Amari Frazier, Mykiah Goree, Tamisha Guy, Alysia Johnson, Catherine Ellis Kirk, Faith Mondesire, William Okajima, Riley O’Flynn, Morgan Olschewsche, Jai Parez, Donovan Reed, Keturah Stephen, Stephanie Terasaki, Gianna Theodore, Olivia Wang

Duration
65 minutes
Premiere
Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (2024)