Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful
About the Performance
Featuring a large ensemble of dancers with whom Abraham 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
- Music
yMusic
- Visual Design
Cao Yuxi (JAMES)
- Lighting Design
Dan Scully
- Costume Design
Karen Young
- Sound Design
Sam Crawford
- 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
- 75 minutes
- Premiere
- Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (2024)
Support
Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful is made possible with support from Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, Denise Littlefield Sobel, Sarah Arison, a commissioning grant from the O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne Adams.
