Dance Up Close to Abraham.In.Motion "The Radio Show"

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It has been quite a year for Abraham. He was named a 2013 MacArthur fellow, and amidst national and international tours with his company he has appeared on television, advocating for the SNAP (or food stamp) program on MSNBC and talking about his art with Katie Couric.

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Abraham’s company has gradually built up a repertory over the past few years. They now tour three evening length works: The Radio Show, Live! The Realest MC, and Pavement. Abraham says one of his current goals is to further diversify the company’s offerings. For example, he wants to add shorter works to the company’s repertory to accommodate venues that may prefer them. Abraham also says that he is challenging himself to make each one of his works very different, an interesting endeavor as he restages The Radio Show, his first evening length work, while also generating new material. The work evolves naturally, Abraham says, because he is always seeking to push himself to explore new movement.

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Abraham’s movement style is just as varied as the music, with influences from Graham to Cunningham to hip hop. Dancer Chalvar Monteiro, who has been with Abraham.In.Motion for nearly four years, credits Abraham’s unique movement style to the fact that he started his dance training later in life, at age 17. In Monteiro’s opinion, that gave Abraham a more broad and inclusive perspective on various styles. Abraham says he doesn’t often think about specific movement influences until later in the process, when he is passing phrases on to his dancers. “When I’m moving, I’m just moving,” he says.