Rennie HarrisGoing back to those days of hanging out in caves, wall paintings and banging on rocks just looking to tell a good story. A story about ourselves, what we wanted and what we could use a little less of. We also told story in dance, except we didn’t call it dance, it was just talking with our feet.

He knows how to move bodies in space, how to layer his phrases and, above all, how to make dancers look good. GIA KOURLAS NYTimes

Earlier this month Rennie Harris Puremovement preformed in NYC Central Park and in reading the NY Times review along with this photograph of Mr. Harris, I was intrigued. Out here in the desert, during the summer there is no Central Park. Central Park and the free shows, concerts and the park itself are all reason to miss New York every once in while.

YouTube – Behind the Performance Part I.

Mr. Harris who has a powerful presence, like Alvin Ailey with locks, explains what he is after in the this video.