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Nora Chipaumire: #PUNK
First Preview: Jan 6, 2018
Opening Date: Jan 11, 2018
Closing Date: Jan 13, 2018
Running Time: 01:10
Playing @
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
Patti Smith declares in her iconic song, Rock 'n' Roll Nigger “I haven't fucked much with the past, but I fuck plenty with the future."
Spurred by this dare proclamation in making her current work #PUNK, nora chipaumire declares herself to be an “African nigger” — the sort who fucks with the past, and fucks even harder with the present and the future. #PUNK is chipaumire's first statement in a multi-part song cycle inspired by her formation, growing up in 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s in Zimbabwe.
Part of a tryptic titled #PUNK 100% POP*NIGGA (verbalized as “Hashtag Punk, One hundred percent Pop Star NIGGA”), these works confront and celebrates the bodies and aesthetics of iconic women: Patti Smith (#PUNK), Grace Jones (100% POP), and Rit Nzele (*NIGGA).
Born with inherited historic and political contradictions, chipaumire’s work questions how status and power are experienced and presented through the body. The human body for her, and for those born without property, name or class, possesses a possible salvation, as a vehicle for the manifestation of self-invention and self-determination.
Part of American Realness 2018
Co-presented with Gibney Dance
Spurred by this dare proclamation in making her current work #PUNK, nora chipaumire declares herself to be an “African nigger” — the sort who fucks with the past, and fucks even harder with the present and the future. #PUNK is chipaumire's first statement in a multi-part song cycle inspired by her formation, growing up in 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s in Zimbabwe.
Part of a tryptic titled #PUNK 100% POP*NIGGA (verbalized as “Hashtag Punk, One hundred percent Pop Star NIGGA”), these works confront and celebrates the bodies and aesthetics of iconic women: Patti Smith (#PUNK), Grace Jones (100% POP), and Rit Nzele (*NIGGA).
Born with inherited historic and political contradictions, chipaumire’s work questions how status and power are experienced and presented through the body. The human body for her, and for those born without property, name or class, possesses a possible salvation, as a vehicle for the manifestation of self-invention and self-determination.
Part of American Realness 2018
Co-presented with Gibney Dance
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 15
Performance Schedule
Thursday, January 11: 8:30pm
Friday, January 12, 10:00pm
Saturday, January 13, 10:00pm
Choreography
- Nora Chipaumire
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Reviews
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“Chipaumire has become a rock star of downtown dance…. [She] blows everything else out of the water.”
– Dance Magazine -
“Chipaumire has become a rock star of downtown dance…. [She] blows everything else out of the water.”
– Dance Magazine -
“Chipaumire has become a rock star of downtown dance…. [She] blows everything else out of the water.”
– Dance Magazine -
“Chipaumire has become a rock star of downtown dance…. [She] blows everything else out of the water.”
– Dance Magazine
Accessibility
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Restroom
Accessible on same level as lobby -
Elevator/Escalator
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Entrance
Accessible from street level -
Water Fountain
Must walk down three steps in order to use water fountains. -
Assisted Listening System
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Wheelchair Info
Accommodations can be made. Please call in advance.








