Kyle Abraham

Kyle Abraham is a choreographer and dancer from the United States. He founded his own company, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, in New York City in 2006, and he has produced numerous unique works for A.I.M. Though this artistic director and founder of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham is not well-known as a contemporary ballet choreographer, Taylor includes him on this list because he has created three works for the New York City Ballet that she describes as "classical ballet companies shifting into a space that is more contemporary."

Kyle Abraham is well recognized for his dynamic phrase work, which is based on his own self-intuitive movement sensibility and is generally described as a combination of Hip Hop, Limon, and Cunningham method. Taylor, who received the Princess Grace Statue Award in 2018 and was a MacArthur Fellow in 2013, describes himself as a choreographer "whose cultural references are so authentic and nostalgic that it really transcends whoever is in the audience." Abraham has choreographed works with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Misty Copeland of American Ballet Theater.

Born: 1977
Nationality: American