Like watching a microcosm of New York over a ten-minute dance based around Ravel’s “Bolero.” Performers walked across the stage (one even had a poodle as part of his costume) and gyrated freely. At the very end, all of them lifted their touch-screen cellphones, a ubiquitous view in any large city, a great ending for a very satisfying evening
- Ernest Barteldes
Creative Outlet Dance Theatre
Jamel Gaines’ stellar and vibrant dance company brings an evening of fresh, new ideas merged with classic elements of its repertory; dance theatre comprising the urban experience of movement, shape and sensuality
Urban Roots
Park Slope: Sept 18, 7:30pm
Flatbush: Sept 21, 7:30pm
Fort Greene: Sept 22, 3:00pm*
Red Hook: Sept 23, 2:00pm
(* Purchase Fort Greene/Irondale Center Tickets Via Separate Link Below)
One of Brooklyn’s favorite dance companies, Jamel Gaines’ Creative Outlet Dance Theatre merges rigorous classical and modern technique with African-American soul and spirit. Their work is musical, flowing, athletic choreography merged with pulsing rhythms and executed by dancers whose bodies evoke both a ballet discipline and a lush, modern technique.
* Purchase Tickets To See “Urban Roots” At The Irondale Center (FG) on 9/20 here:
Creative Outlet will also be appearing in this year’s BEAT Sideshow at Coney Island on Wednesday, Sept 19. Click below to learn more and get tickets!
BEAT SIDESHOW
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About Creative Outlet Dance Theatre
Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn is a professional dance company based in Fort Greene. Under the artistic direction of Jamel Gaines, the company has been hailed by reviewers in the United States and Europe for its “richness of dance tone” and “contagious vitality.
The company is comprised of unique performing artists whose talents include theatre, spoken word, live music, and visuals in the form of video and photographic art.