‘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 programming Kristen Brogdon. “We agreed that he held such promise and that he was the exact kind of incentive, rigorous choreographer who gave us hope for the future of American dance,” Bither said in an email. The first installment of Pitts’ work, “Black Hole: Trilogy and Triathlon” will be on March 21-23, 2024.’
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