Category: Shamel Pitts | TRIBE
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Oz Arts Presents Internationally Acclaimed Choreographer Shamel Pitts and His Company, Tribe, in Their Award Winning Production Black Hole: Trilogy And Triathlon | The Tennessee Tribune
“We are thrilled to welcome Shamel Pitts and members of TRIBE to Nashville for the first time,” said Mark Murphy, OZ Arts Executive and Artistic Director. “Shamel has been best known as a lead dancer with the famed Batsheva Dance Company, but in recent years his own choreography has made him one of the most…
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Oz Arts to Present Shamel Pitts and His Company, Tribe, in Black Hole: Trilogy And Triathlon
“Black Hole is a kaleidoscopic performance art experience that submerses audiences in a soundscape of original music, sound samples and spoken word. A trio of Black performers from TRIBE, a multidisciplinary arts collective created and led by Shamel Pitts, shares the stage in a narrative of unity, vigor and unrelenting advancement. Their journey originates in…
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Our Favorite Cultural Artifacts Of 2023 | The Yale Review
‘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.
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The Manic Euphoria of Shamel Pitts | Bk Mag
‘”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.
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Impressions: New York Live Arts Presents Shamel Pitts’ Tribe in “Touch of Red” | The Dance Enthusiast
‘In this bewitching investigation of physical connection, Pitts and Fredericks demonstrate that male vulnerability is a misconstrued sign of weakness that ought to be embraced as their greatest strength.’ Read the full article here.
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NORTHROP’s 2023–24 Dance Season Includes 2 World Premieres | Startribune
‘Besides the McIntyre commission, Northrop is partnering with the Walker on a three-year commitment supporting the New York-based Shamel Pitts and his collective of interdisciplinary artists, Tribe. Philip Bither, director and senior curator for performing arts at the Walker, said he felt “knocked out” seeing Pitts’ work at a conference, along with Northrop’s director of…
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In the Ring | Fjord
‘Together, the two dancers achieve a kind of transcendence through movement. Total involvement in the moment, leading to total depletion of energetic resources. Boxing matches can have that same quality of pure presence, though it is seldom sustained for minutes on end, and its purpose is the annihilation of the other. It’s a key difference,…
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Shamel Pitts and TRIBE usher in a new epoch of avante garde dance at the MCA with “Touch of RED.”| See Chicago Dance
‘“Touch of RED” held me in its grasp from the second I entered the venue, from the twisting route to my seat, to the stark intimacy immediately on display. It set all my nerves on fire, still burning as I recall the experience. “Touch of RED” is like watching a time lapse video of two…
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Duels and Duets | Reader
Touch of Red reimagines male athletic competition as dance ‘A brief and silly thumb war shifts into another game that mixes aggression and affection: how close can you get to an embrace without touching? And finally, when contact can’t be avoided any longer, a rapid series of relationships results in the eros and humor in the…