Tag: identity politics

  • Monchichi @ BAM

    Monchichi @ BAM

    Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez, of Wang Ramirez, are often presented as cross-cultural navigators, both in their performance styles and in their personal lives. Wang is a Korean-German dancer with training in martial arts, ballet, and hip-hop, while Ramirez is a French-Spanish B-boy. From the start of their hour-long duet Monchichi, presented at BAM October 12-15, however,…

  • Why Aren’t There More African-Americans In Contemporary Performance?

    Discussions of revitalizing black theater concentrate on playwrights and new plays, but why aren’t more black artists looking to make work outside of the box?