Karole Armitage to Appear at Abrons Arts Center on January 10

Tony Award-nominated choreographer Karole Armitage will appear at the Abrons Arts Center at 8pm on Monday, January 10.

The event, entitled Think Africa, will feature The Armitage Gone! Dance company performing an excerpt from Armitage’s ballet, “Itutu,” a collaborative work with West African electronica band Burkina Electric that features set and fabric design by Philip Taaffe.

In addition, Armitage will engage in a salon-style dialogue with Dance Theater of Harlem’s Virginia Johnson, composer and Burkina Electric bandleader Lukas Ligeti, and singer/dancer Mai Lingani on the importance of the African aesthetic.

Armitage received a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nomination for the Broadway revival of Hair, and received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Passing Strange.

For more information, visit www.abronsartscenter.org.