Caption: Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham 

Guest DJ Project: Kyle Abraham

Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
From: KCRW
Length: 00:09:54

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Choreographer Kyle Abraham is a rising star in the dance world, integrating elements from his experiences as a black gay male growing up in Pittsburgh into his highly personal work. He knew he was meant to be a dancer after seeing the Joffrey ballet perform songs by Prince and music has had a huge impact on him ever since, from newcomer James Blake to Bill Evans.  His makes his California debut at REDCAT with “The Radio Show” this weekend.
 

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1 - Batdance - Prince
2 - Peace Piece - Bill Evans
3 - The Wilhelm Scream - James Blake
4 - U. Black Maybe - Common featuring Bilal
5 - Bring Me Down - Kanye West & Brandy

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Choreographer Kyle Abraham is a rising star in the dance world, integrating elements from his experiences as a black gay male growing up in Pittsburgh into his highly personal work. He knew he was meant to be a dancer after seeing the Joffrey ballet perform songs by Prince and music has had a huge impact on him ever since, from newcomer James Blake to Bill Evans.  His makes his California debut at REDCAT with “The Radio Show” this weekend.
 

Tracks

1 - Batdance - Prince
2 - Peace Piece - Bill Evans
3 - The Wilhelm Scream - James Blake
4 - U. Black Maybe - Common featuring Bilal
5 - Bring Me Down - Kanye West & Brandy

Transcript

Anthony Valadez: Hi I'm Anthony Valadez and I'm here with professional dancer and choreographer Kyle Abraham. Today, we are going to play excerpts of songs that he has selected that have inspired him over the years as part of KCRW's Guest DJ project. Kyle, how are you man?

Kyle Abraham: Pretty good man how are you feeling?

AV: I'm feeling great, let's talk about music. So your first record “Batdance” by Prince, tell us about this one.

KA: It's hard for me with Prince, because he has such a huge catalog and I've grown up with his music through my older sister my entire life. And the thing with Batdance, I was thinking about this album, the Batman Soundtrack and thinking there are very few soundtracks done by one pop music artist that really you can tell that they were inspired by the film and/or the subject matter. Each song you can hear where he is coming from in relation to the Bat...
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Host: Anthony Valadez

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