“Gesture I: Unraveling” by Shinique Smith, 九月 7, 2014

Shinique Smith stages her debut performance, “Gesture I: Unraveling,” a choreographed dance that builds upon layered aspects of her work and dance sequences featured in her video “Breath of Life.” Part of “Shinique Smith: BRIGHT MATTER,” the dance explores how the body itself can translate degrees of density or momentum as expressed in Smith’s art. With choreography developed in collaboration with performing dancer Marisa Arriaga and sound design by Gary Pennock, this first “gesture” is part of a series of performances through which Smith explores the body as an extension of her creative process.

MFA Community Day: Celebrating 20 Years of Ann and Graham Gund Director Malcolm Rogers is supported by the Malcolm Rogers 20th Anniversary Fund.

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Presented with generous support from the Robert and Jane Burke Fund for Exhibitions, The Contemporaries, the Callaghan Family Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions. Additional support provided by the Eugenie Prendergast Memorial Fund, made possible by a grant from Jan and Warren Adelson.

Performance Art at the MFA is supported by Lorraine Bressler.