Next year is set to be a big one for Selma with the 50th Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Selma. To add to the already eventful year, Arts Revive has teamed up with the Alabama Dance Council and the Selma City Schools to bring one of the nation’s top dancers to the Queen City. Kyle Abraham, and his company Abraham.In.Motion, will have a public performance and community forum Jan 13 at the Selma High School Auditorium at 6 p.m. “He’s as good as it gets,” said Martha Lockett, ArtsRevive executive director. “He’s just really an amazing young man.” Abraham is a 2012 through 2014 Resident Commissioned Artist at New York Live Arts and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. He and his company will perform a repertory-based presentation of four new dance works based on the idea of historical homage celebrating 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation and 20 years after the abolishment of Apartheid in South Africa. “These are parts of pieces they have developed around the concept of freedom,” Lockett said. “It applies to everybody. How do you claim personal freedom?” Lockett said Abraham was interested in coming to Selma because of its historical significance. “They really wanted to come to Selma because of the 50th anniversary of the march,” she said. “I think this is a perfect time to look at our history and figure out where we can go from here. And I think that’s what his work can help do.” According to Lockett, 2015 is a year for the community to come together and solve some lingering issues. “I think the 50th anniversary is an opportunity for us to really look at how we build community here,” Lockett said. “How do we as a community move forward, recognizing what happened in the past? We seem like we’re really at an optimistic point in the community right now for moving forward.” After the performance, a community forum will take place allowing the audience to think about some of the issues in Selma and how to solve them together. “How do you build community? Which is why we got so involved in it,” Lockett said. “One of our main goals is to become community builders around art.” Lockett said she is looking forward to the performance and ArtsRevive is hoping for a great turnout. “We are real excited, we think it’s a wonderful opportunity for this whole region,” she said. “Art offers a neutral playing field to look at issues, and we’re craving opportunities for a really strong quality arts experience and when this opportunity presented itself — it was just too good an opportunity to turn down.” Tickets are $15 for general admission and $25 for reserved seating and may be purchased online at https://tickets.samford.edu/Online/.