Filmmaker: Valeria Civardi, Co-produced by Orsolina28 Art Foundation

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Marks of RED INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

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  • Venue

Let’s Dance International Frontiers

Leicester, UK

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May 8—9, 2026
7:45 p.m.

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Marks of RED

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Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

Boston, MA

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May 15—16, 2026
8 p.m.

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Marks of RED

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UMS
Power Center

Ann Arbor, MI

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October 3, 7:30 p.m.
October 4, 2 p.m.

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Works

Marks of RED

An Afrofuturistic meditation on the “womb space,” divining the effect that memory has on our experiences, senses, bodies, reality, and our imaginative possibilities.

Touch of RED

TOUCH OF RED

A new duet of two men that takes place inside of a contemporary boxing/wrestling ring. Its research will deal with the allowance of black men to soften; the power in vulnerability; the meeting point of two individuals within a boxed space.

Solace of RED

A performance art residency incubator initiated by TRIBE’s Artistic Director Shamel Pitts, Solace of RED intertwines different art languages to create one live performance experience.

BLACK HOLE

BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon

BLACK HOLE researches and shares an odyssey where three Black performers create a trinity of vigor, Afrofuturism, and embrace. It is the third multidisciplinary live art work in Shamel Pitt’s “BLACK Series.”

BLACK VELVET – Architectures And Archetypes (2016)

Award Winning multidisciplinary performance art work. BLACK VELVET is a celebration of the many textures, beauty, delicacy, and power within us. It is an art piece that aims to share and reflect on the colorfulness of blackness in a relationship of love, comradery, and compassion.

BLACK BOX – Little Black Book of RED (2015)

An enigmatic performance featuring a solo by Shamel Pitts. Buoyed by his trademark expressive movement, Pitts employs spoken word, evocative lighting, and video to construct a personal, poetic narrative about the search for identity and striving for survival amidst impermanence.

Our Works

Media

"The whole hourlong work…is curiously stylish and sincere, glossily cold and tender. Always visually stunning, it’s never dull."
Brian SeibertThe New York Times
"Another person challenging the traditional views on Black masculinity is Shamel Pitts, one of the most acclaimed dancers/choreographers of his generation and a shining example of Black excellence."
Thembela NgayiAFROPUNK
“Otherworldly… Black Hole is a work of magical realism.”
Emilee LordthINKingDANCE
“Touch of RED unsettles and nudges us toward the future."
Candice ThompsonFjord Review – Best of Dance 2022
"visually striking"
Brian Seibert​New York Times – Critic’s Pick
"I’ve been reviewing dance and art for more than ten years and this is without a doubt, one of the top ten most impactful, innovative, and simply incredibly awesome works I’ve ever been privileged to see and experience."
Jess RuhlinBodies Never Lie
"Pitts and Fredericks bring their radical vulnerability to the audience"
Candice ThompsonFjord Review – Best of Dance 2022
“So often I felt like my vulnerability and sensitivity and fragility was a weakness. But I wish to share with people, particularly other Black boys and men, that there is power within vulnerability.”
Shamel Pitts in interview by Candice ThompsonDance Magazine
"The Brooklyn native presents his latest series, Touch of RED which deals with masculinity and vulnerability, especially in the context of Black men and how they are perceived/perceive themselves."
Thembela NgayiAFROPUNK
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About the collective

TRIBE – Multidisciplinary Visual Performances is a non-profit 501(c)(3), Brooklyn-based, Afrofuturistic arts collective led by artistic director and choreographer Shamel Pitts (2024 MacArthur Fellow, 2024 Doris Duke Artist Award Recipient & 2020 Guggenheim Fellow). TRIBE was created with the dream to soon become a synonym of artistic experience that connects gifted individuals in our present era to re-imagine and cultivate an alternative new future.

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