Rewind and Review: Michael J. Love’s “LIVE From The BEATBOX”

In partnership with allgo, tap dance artist Michael J. Love presents an evening of virtual programming—a look back at his early-pandemic performance project, “LIVE From The BEATBOX.” Love revisits collaborations with Austin-based Black and queer artists and engages in conversation with mentors to reflect on some of his favorite moments from the seven virtual live tap dance performances he presented in late 2020 and early 2021.

Michael J. Love is an interdisciplinary tap dance artist, scholar, and educator. Currently, he is a 2021-2023 Princeton Arts Fellow and Lecturer in the Program in Dance at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts. In Austin, Texas, Love’s work has been supported and presented by Fusebox Festival, ARCOS Dance, Ground Floor Theatre, and The Cohen New Works Festival. He is an Austin Critics Table Award recipient and B. Iden Payne Award nominee. Love has collaborated with film-based artist Ariel René Jackson on several video and performance projects and the two received the 2021 Tito’s Prize. Love and Jackson’s exhibition, We are the [Hackers], Baby, [Hackers] are we, is on view at Big Medium through January 8, 2022. Love’s performance credits include the Broadway laboratory for Savion Glover and George C. Wolfe’s Shuffle Along and roles in works by Baakari Wilder and in Andrew Nemr’s New York-based company Cats Paying Dues. Love holds an M.F.A. in Performance as Public Practice from The University of Texas at Austin and is an alumnus of Emerson College. You can visit DancerMLove.com or follow Michael as @dancermlove on Instagram to learn more.

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