“A person hears only what he understands.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Life is a song.” - Robert Sylvester Kelly

One of the most important facets of R Kelly’s genius is his ability to take inspiration from (literally) anything. Whether he’s comparing a rocky relationship to a rodeo or the woman he loves to a jeep, Mr. Showbiz understands that any and everything can be transformed into art. So while some may take offense when he describes the act of lovemaking as “hopping like two kangaroos” or the female reproductive organs as “a big old piece of cake” that “tastes like Skittles”, the Pied Piper of R&B is, in his own playful, funky way, acknowledging the essential oneness of all things.

In his latest work, GrindFaust, dancer-choreographer and very friend Adrian Jevicki brings the R’s all-inclusive ethos into the realm of dance theater, retelling a masterpiece of German literature against a background of contemporary R&B jizams. In the words of the press release

Movementpants presents GrindFaust, a fresh telling of Goethe’s epic-poem-play featuring the music of R&B master, Robert Kelly. The company’s signature blend of mime, physical comedy and contemporary dance is fused with the physical vocabulary of the modern R&B dance video to bring new light to a dusty ol’ classic.

Here is a clip from the show’s opening at the Tank in New York.

Adrian’s company movementpants is also spearheading a drive to make modern dance available to a wider audience by offering reduced rate commissions. As their website says, “Just send us what tune you’d like a dance for and we’ll make a dance for it, put it on a dvd and mail it to you.” Doesn’t get more art-for-the-people than that…

Find out more at the movementpants site.

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