Movement, Music, and Memory: A.I.M’s 20th-Anniversary Homecoming Centers Black and Queer Futures

By Skylar Mitchell ·Updated September 29, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… A.I.M by Kyle Abraham’s annual Homecoming Gala doubled as a launch for the company’s 20th Anniversary season, a reverent look back that insisted on looking forward. For two decades, the company has created space for stories often marginalized in the dance world, centering Black culture and Queer experiences through movement that is at once technically rigorous and deeply human.The n