Robert Moses' Kin -- 17th Season March 30, 2012

Fri-Sun, March 30-April 1, 8 pm

Described by The Huffington Post as "a visually delicious beast that never comes short of dazzling the senses," Robert Moses' Kin presents an evening of choreography by Artistic Director Robert Moses. The program will feature the world premiere of Helen, inspired by Homer's Iliad and the words and music of Carl Hancock Rux and the poetry by E. Ethelbert Miller, as well as excerpts from the forthcoming Scrubbing the Dog, the award-winning works The Soft Sweet Smell of Firm Warm Things and Speaking Ill of the Dead, and Biography, inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin.

Created by Moses in collaboration with visual artist Elaine Buckholtz and rock guitarist Paul Carbonara (Blondie, Mary McBride), Scrubbing the Dog is a trans-disciplinary, original artistic work for the 10-member RMK company exploring how historically racist and otherwise offensive cultural iconography has become "scrubbed" of its original meanings over the course of time. The company will preview excerpts of Scrubbing the Dog at YBCA and the completed work will premiere at ODC Theater in June.

Biography, inspired by the life and work of author James Baldwin, features the 1961 audio recording of a roundtable discussion on Black perceptions of the American setting in art, featuring James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, Emile Capouya, and Alfred Kazin.

Completing the program are the Isadora Duncan Dance Award-winning works The Soft Sweet Smell of Firm Warm Things - not seen in its entirety since 2003 -- and Speaking Ill of the Dead, Moses' 2007 meditation on war.

Official Website: http://www.robertmoseskin.org