Alicia Keys at Barclays Center — nytimes.com

Alicia Keys performed at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday night. On the cover of her latest album, “Girl on Fire” (RCA), Alicia Keys stands dressed in black, making a geometric figure with her hands on her hips. She struck a similar pose often when she performed on Friday night at the Barclays Center, in a thoroughly choreographed show with clear, repeated messages: Express yourself, take chances, don’t be held back or held down.

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