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Shamel Pitts – TRIBE Touch of RED

Date:
Thursday March 6
Time:
8:00 pm

Venue

Northrop Auditorium
84 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455 + Google Map

Organizers

The Northrop
Walker Art Center
2024 MacArthur Fellow and 2024 Doris Duke Artist Award winner Shamel Pitts performs in Touch of RED, a multidisciplinary duet inspired by the rapid-fire footwork of boxing, the African American jazz dance style Lindy-Hop, Gaga movement language, and nightlife culture. Set in a stylized “boxing” ring designed by the MacArthur Fellow Mimi Lien, with the audience seated on the stage surrounding it, this powerful dance duet examines the way Black men are perceived and perceive themselves in contemporary society, and how masculinity and vulnerability can be reconsidered and reconciled in a non-combative, compassionate, and healing way. 

Bold. Boiled. Blood.  

Touch of RED is part of the “RED Series” which continues the research to propose and share the colorfulness within Blackness, creating a body of work that supports, shelters, and cultivates an Afrofuturistic performance art landscape in which the multitude of Black diversity and capacity is realized, allowed, nurtured, and shared.

Note: These seats are on the stage.

Performance Venue

Northrop Auditorium

All Performance Dates

Thursday, 3/6 at 8pm

Content Warnings/Age Recommendations

This performance is recommended for ages 14 and older.

Themes

  • This dance performance tells a story through an artistic version of boxing. What parallels do you see between sports and dance?​
  • Masculinity and vulnerability are key themes in this show. In what ways might these themes speak to us in 2025?

Accessibility

Many performance venues offer accessibility accommodations such as wheelchair seating, assistive listening, sensory ear plugs, ASL interpretation, open captioning, or audio description, among other options. These accommodations are specific to each event, and may not be available everywhere. When registering with us, please let us know what accommodations you need and we will follow up with you!

Transportation

If you do not have access to a ride, call Project Success and we can provide transportation for you. Please let us know if you need a ride when you make your reservation. We will need at least 2 days’ notice to set up transportation.

Childcare

Childcare is available for this performance. Please let us know if you need childcare when you make your reservation.

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