Category: Shamel Pitts | TRIBE

‘In BLACK HOLE, the TRIBE trio moves as if learning for the first time how their skeletons and muscles are constrained and empowered, perplexed and bedazzled, by gravity’s incontrovertible power. During every moment of this dark journey of sustained world making, they move with preternatural deliberation and clarity.’ Read the full article here.

‘Described as a marathon in three parts, ‘Triathlon’ concludes the ‘trilogy’ of Pitts’s “BLACK series” consisting of previous works Black Velvet: Architectures And Archetypes and Black Box: Little Black Book of RED. Although the title alludes to the cosmic phenomenon of black holes, his interpretation seeks not to explain science, but instead to explore a…

‘a prelude to the relationship that would unfold in several rounds of an emotionally charged duet—impossibly athletic, erotic, vexed, and tender.’ Read the full article here.

‘”Shamel Pitts is a choreographer who scores emotion in motion,” says Tavia Nyongo, curator at the Park Avenue Armory. “He teaches us how to move in time with our thoughts.”’ Read the full article here.