FLEXN Evolution
Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray
Peter Sellars
The D.R.E.A.M. Ring
May 18, 2017 - May 21, 2017
Wade Thompson Drill Hall
Dance pioneer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray, visionary director Peter Sellars, and members of the D.R.E.A.M. Ring return to the Armory for FLEXN Evolution, re-envisioned with newly created scenes since the Armory premiere in 2015 that embody the next steps in a form that breaks news from the artistic and political front lines. The performances feature a series of self-choreographed and improvisational scenes by 16 dance-activists from the D.R.E.A.M. Ring, a creative engine of acclaimed artists that unite communities through movement for social change around the world. Using the flex dance vocabulary—characterized by sharp, rhythmic contortion, pausing, snapping, gliding, bone-breaking, and animated showmanship—the dance-activists confront issues of social justice and racial equality within our nation’s law enforcement and judicial systems.
Performances
Thursday–Saturday at 8:00pm
Sunday at 3:00pm
Run Time
This performance is approximately two hours with no intermission.
“…[a] searing example of dance as protest”
The Boston Globe
Conversation Series: A New Vision for Justice in America
In the wake of the first one hundred days of the new Administration, Park Avenue Armory, in collaboration with Common Justice, has gathered visionary public figures, social justice advocates, community leaders, and youth from across the country to participate in a series of urgent, pointed, and creative conversations entitled “A New Vision for Justice in America”. Each performance of FLEXN Evolution begins with an onstage conversation, moderated by Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray and Peter Sellars, in which participants debate imaginative and implementable solutions to some of the most critical societal issues explored in FLEXN: the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, gun violence, police brutality, racial inequity, school-to-prison pipeline, and youth disenfranchisement.
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Artists & Creatives
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Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray
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Peter Sellars
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FLEXN Community
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Light Sculpture & Lighting Designer
Ben Zamora
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Costume Design
Angela Wendt
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Music Mix
Epic B
Production Credits
Originally commissioned by Park Avenue Armory
Related Events
2017 Season
Madd Pain
Madd Pain is a photographic installation by New York-based photographer Carol Dragon presented in conjunction with FLEXN Evolution that documents the flex community and its dancers in her studio, on the street, at dance battles, and in their homes.
Wade Thompson Drill Hall
FLEXN D.R.E.A.M. Ring Benefit
A special celebration of FLEXN, Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray, and the D.R.E.A.M. Ring’s own evolution from one-on-one, community-based dance combatants to an international touring troupe of acclaimed dance activists.