INSPIRIT: dreaming and becoming

While the glorious Ailey troupe celebrates its 50th anniversary uptown, up-and-coming Christal Brown's INSPIRIT, a dance company has been kicking up a fuss about its 5th anniversary downtown at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. The repertory series--called Dreams and Visions, named for the troupe's world premiere piece--concludes this evening at 8pm.

Brown, who has performed with Urban Bush Women and other notable ensembles, has also grown into an inventive, spicy soloist whose slices of personal revelation blend kickass assertiveness with accessibility. In that vein, her recent solo Take That is best on the bill here, but I think you might also enjoy Until Fruition--a 2004 trio set to the supple, lilting voice of Mali's Oumou Sangare and offered, with delicate fluidity, by dancers Beatrice Capote, Alexandra Joye Houston and Toni Renee Johnson.

And while I'm at it...Happy 25th Anniversary to BMCC Tribeca PAC. More information about Tribeca PAC's programming as well as ticketing for tonight's peformance of INSPIRIT, a dance company can be found by clicking here.