{"id":10002792,"global_id":"gibneydance.org?id=10002792","global_id_lineage":["gibneydance.org?id=10002792"],"author":"3","status":"publish","date":"2018-03-20 11:21:50","date_utc":"2018-03-20 15:21:50","modified":"2019-02-05 13:39:19","modified_utc":"2019-02-05 18:39:19","url":"https:\/\/gibneydance.org\/event\/gdc-curated-shamel-pitts\/2018-05-31\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/gibneydance.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/10002792","title":"GDC Curated: Shamel Pitts","description":"

SHAMEL PITTS
\nBLACK BOX: Little Black Book Of RED<\/em><\/h3>\n
may 31 – June 2 at 8:00 pm
\nJune 2 at 3:00 pm
\nthe theater
\ngibney 280 broadway<\/h5>\n
Post-Performance Discussion Friday, June 1
\nFacilitated by GDC Co-Director Nigel Campbell<\/h6>\n

Buoyed by his trademark expressive movement, Pitts employs spoken word, evocative lighting (created by Israeli Art Director Tom Love), and video to construct a personal, poetic narrative about the search for identity and striving for survival amidst impermanence. Performed in a confined space in nearly pitch-black darkness, the work features recordings of Pitts\u2019 ruminations jotted down during his travels with Batsheva. Obliquely referencing the flight data recorder, BLACK BOX<\/em> transcends traditional travel journal format, becoming instead a record of a life as \u2013 in a nod to Nina Simone \u2013 a \u201cyoung, gifted and Black\u201d artist, thriving in constant motion.<\/p>\n

BLACK BOX<\/em> was first performed at Shamel\u2019s apartment in Tel Aviv, for an intimate audience of friends. It was first premiered for the general public as part of Batsheva Dance Company’s “Batsheva Host” in Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv, 2016.<\/p>\n

take class with shamel<\/h6>\n

Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins will teach three drop-in classes as part of Gibney’s Contemporary Forms program, May 21-23 from 6:30-8:00 pm. $17 per class. Sign up \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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