DANCE REVIEW: At Jacob's Pillow, contemporary hip

Mar 24, 2024

Joshua Culbreath in "Nuttin' but a Word," with Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater, in the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

BECKET — A man spins and breaks, turning on one arm, holding his whole weight on one center of gravity and flipping across the stage as though his body is speaking a sadness and anger too great to say aloud or contain.

He’s kneeling next to a friend, trying to move him.

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