DANIELLE ABRAMS
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Dancing on a Cloud, 2005-2007
with Tommy Mintz

Dancing is a form that I use to embody my Jewish grandfather, who was a ballroom dance teacher and social director at a Catskills resort.  As “Uncle Bob", I don an ill-fitting tuxedo, carry a turntable, and lead Conga Lines throughout art spaces and street festivals.  Tommy Mintz, Bob's personal paparazzi, snaps countless photos of the festivities at each "affair".   Bob and I are the maestros of escapist revelry, and our dance steps emerge from Arthur Murray’s colonialist convictions about the “simple Natives” mastery of the Conga Line in How to Become a Good Dancer. In addition to trailing Murray’s footsteps, Bob strives for a middle-class impeccability that misses the mark. His toupee teeters from his head, and the sugary sustenance of the lower-classes – chocolate, Mountain Dew, and antacid tablets - spill from his hands and pockets and render a sticky dance floor.
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  • Lincoln Gave us a Beach
  • Great
  • Shades of Gras
  • Hung Out To Dry
  • Candidate
  • After Before...
  • Routine
  • The Uncle Bob Show
  • Dancing on a Cloud
  • Early Bird
  • Butch in the Kitchen
  • Quadroon
  • Monologues
  • About the Artist