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Location
Chicago, IL
Project Title
Lifted
Fiscal Year Awarded
2017
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Presentation Grant
Grant Amount
$5,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents Lifted, a new hip-hop dance theater production by Rennie Harris Puremovement that features gospel music and House dance to explore contemporary issues of community and spirituality. Loosely based on the story of Oliver Twist, Lifted follows a young black man who is surrounded and supported by his church community. With choreography by Rennie Harris and music directed by Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Lifted merges the rhythms of House with the spiritual vocals of gospel to create an epic dance narrative. MCA Chicago will organize multiple related activities.