“The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance” by Raphael Xavier

This is the only dance piece of the fall I refuse to miss.

Between each section of narrative and dancing — depicted as taking place in a cramped apartment, a street corner and a stage — a poet declaims verses that reinforced Xavier's themes of a life devoted entirely to one unifying endeavor. The piece burns with intensity that bordered on a religious fervor and captivates with the impassioned lyrical delivery of a hip-hop artist.

Read a write-up of Xavier’s work here.

The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance. Presented at the Painted Bride, November 13-14. Tickets.