On Sunday, September 3, a crowd presses itself against the walls of a long, wallpapered parlor in The Hancock, an ornate ten-room brownstone in Bed-Stuy open for parties and performances. On one end the room features cardboard boxes piled high in front of a picture window, and on the other a brocade couch where audience members sit. Lightbulbs flickering on wall sconces mimic candlelight. Speaking in hushed tones and sipping orange wine, the crowd grows silent as the lights fall for the second night of Sharleen Chidiac’s Charade.
Lloyd’s particular rhythm of building and breaking patterns of movement feels familiar in Blackbare in the Basement. The body’s movement, as well as narrative, intellectual, and poetic are made with an almost stunning complexion of precision, humor, and sensitivity.
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