Inside the Pillow Lab: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
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Inside the Pillow Lab captures works in process by artists during their fall COVID-compliant residencies. The Pillow Lab, the Pillow’s year-round center for research and development, provides artists the crucial space and time in development, research, and technical stages of choreography-driven projects. A.I.M by Kyle Abraham RESIDENCY DATES: October 20-29, 2020 CHOREOGRAPHER: Kyle Abraham REHEARSAL DIRECTOR: Matthew Baker DANCERS: Tamisha Guy, Dorchel Haqq, Logan Hernandez, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Claude “CJ” Johnson, Catherine Ellis Kirk, Jae Neal, Donovan Reed, Martell Ruffin, Gianna Theodore REHEARSAL FOOTAGE: An Untitled Love Untitled Mozart Project Untitled Nina Simone Project FILMING: Ya Momz House, Inc. NEL SHELBY PRODUCTION CREDITS Produced by Nel Shelby of Nel Shelby Productions Directed & Edited by Ashli Bickford Graphic Design by Benjamin Richards The 2020-2021 Pillow Lab receives leadership support fromL The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Barr Foundation with additional support from: Deborah & Charles Adelman, Arison Arts Foundation Harkness Foundation for Dance, Christopher Jones & Deb McAlister, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. © 2020 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. Closed Captioning is available for this film.
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