Find My Eyes is presented with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Photography, choreography, and theater collide in a live experience like no other at The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi this September.
Blurring the lines between performance and visual art, Find Your Eyes is a visually arresting, emotionally charged piece that draws from the life and lens of award-winning photographer and hip-hop theatre pioneer Benji Reid.
Through a fusion of real-time photography, striking stagecraft, and raw storytelling, Reid transforms his personal narrative into a universal meditation on vulnerability, identity, and resilience.
Dancers, props, and light become collaborators in a studio-like space where each moment is captured and reimagined before your eyes.
Anchored in Afro-futurist aesthetics and infused with emotional truth, Find Your Eyes is a rollercoaster of conflict and beauty, tragedy and triumph.
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At once performance and photographic process, Reid’s work invites audiences not just to observe; but to feel the creation of art from lived experience.
Benji Reid is internationally celebrated for his pioneering work in hip-hop theater and as a visionary photographer.
His distinctive practice, what he calls “choreo-photolist”, blends choreography, stagecraft, and photography into single-frame performances.
With a career spanning decades, Reid has exhibited in major galleries, created award-winning solo work, and remains a leading voice in pushing the boundaries of performance and visual storytelling.
AED 52.20. 19–20 September, 7.30pm, The Red Theater, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi. For further information, visit publicprograms.nyuad.nyu.edu
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