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GISELLE: REMIX is an anarchic, punk-reimagining of the classic ballet that returns to subvert this timeless story of love, lust and revenge.
This production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing
Pointe Black as “a no-holds-barred portrait of a ballerina finding form in a white-privileged world.” Pointe Black, directed by Antonia Luxem, centers of the professional trajectory of Marie-Astrid Mence, a ballet dancer (born in Paris of Martinican heritage) and her struggles with racism, body shaming, and bullying. Marie-Astrid Mence has been a member of Ballet Black since 2014—a seminal dance company formed of Black and Asian performers who astound audiences with displays of balletic beauty and power. Mence’s journey to becoming their Senior Artist, however, had a turbulent beginn...