Events
PAST EVENTS
THE HOSTING – Industry Showcase: Discover Creative Expression
- Venue
Powerhouse Arts
Gowanus, Brooklyn, NYC
- Time
September 18, 2023
6:30–9 p.m.
- In the media
BOFFO Performance Festival Fire Island 2023
- Venue
The Beach at Fishermans Path
Fire Island Pines, NY
- Time
Saturday,
August 12, 2023
Noon-7 p.m.
Solace of RED – Vol. IV Residency
- Venue
David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
at The Pocantico Center
of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Tarrytown, NY
- Time
July 27–August 6, 2023
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Let’s Dance International Frontiers
Leicester, UK
- Time
May 5–6, 2023
- In the media
The Guardian: Listing
The Guardian Review: Shamel Pitts: Black Hole review – fragile glimpses of an Afrofuturist world
Touch of RED – NYC Premiere
- Venue
New York Live Arts
New York, NY
- Time
April 27–29, 2023
- In the media
New York Times Review: Where a Boxer’s Clinch Is a Slow-Dance Embrace
Fjord Review: In the Ring
BODIES NEVER LIE Review: Touch of RED- TRIBE at New York Live Arts Review
The New Yorker: GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
AFROPUNK Feature: Shamel Pitts Challenges The Idea Of Black Masculinity Through The Touch Of Red
ALL ARTS: How Art Changed Performance Artist Shamel Pitts
Gay City: Listing
Chelsea Community News: Nineteenth Street Meets the 21st Century as Diverse Dances Reclaim Local Stages
The Dance Enthusiast: New York Live Arts presents the New York premiere of “TOUCH OF RED” by Shamel Pitts / TRIBE
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Pittsburgh, PA
- Time
April 14-15, 2023
- In the media
Dance Currents Review: On Stage: Shamel Pitts’ TRIBE
Next Pittsburgh: “14 Things to Do This Week…”
Touch of RED
- Venue
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
- Time
April 6–8, 2023
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Belgrade Dance Festival
Belgrade, Serbia
- Time
March 19, 2023 8 p.m.
Touch of RED
- Venue
Center for the Art of Performance UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
- Time
March 3-4, 2023
- In the media
Los Angeles Times “Culture Guide: Where to find L.A.’s best events this weekend and beyond”
Broadway World Off-Off-Broadway: “Live Arts Presents Shamel Pitts I TRIBE’s TOUCH OF RED”
Culture Spot L.A.: “Center for the Art of Performance UCLA presents Shamel Pitts and TRIBE”
Broadway World L.A.: “CAP UCLA’s 2023 Spring Programs Kick Off With Shamel Pitts”
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
New York Live Arts / Live Artery
New York, NY
- Time
January 15, 2023 2 p.m. & January 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center – Kay Theatre
University of Maryland, College Park
- Time
Friday, December 2, 2022 – 8pm
- In the media
Touch of RED
- Venue
Miami Theater Center – Presented by Miami Light Project in Partnership with YoungArts
9806 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL 33138
- Time
Thursday - Saturday, November 3-5, 2022
Touch of RED – World Premiere
- Venue
MASS MoCA – in partnership with Jacob’s Pillow
North Adams, MA
- Time
Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22 2022
- In the media
Solace of RED – Vol. II
- Venue
JACK, 20 Putnam Ave, Brooklyn
NYC
- Time
September 30 - October 1, 2022
- In the media
Art Residency: Solace of RED – Vol. II
- Venue
JACK, 20 Putnam Ave, Brooklyn
NYC
- Time
September 20-29, 2022
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
New York Live Arts
Manhattan, NYC
- Time
April 21-23, 2022 7:30 pm
- In the media
Critic’s Pick Review: An Afrofuturist Trip to the Lunarverse – The New York Times
5 Things to Do This Weekend – The New York Times
Goings on About Town – The New Yorker
Review: Black Hole at NY Live Arts – Bodies Never Lie
The Magical Realism in TRIBE’s Black Hole – thINKingDANCE
Beauty in Blackness – Fjord Review
Touch of RED – Movement Research Residency
- Venue
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
- Time
April 11-16, 2022
- In the media
TOTALITY OF TRIBE – VIRTUAL BENEFIT (HONORARY CO-CHAIR: OHAD NAHARIN)
- Venue
Online Event
Brooklyn, New York, NY
- Time
December 15, 2021
- In the media
Solace of RED – Vol. I
- Venue
Movement Without Borders
Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, New York, NY
- Time
October 2, 2021
- In the media
ART RESIDENCY: TOUCH OF RED
- Venue
Miami Light Project
Miami, FL
- Time
August 20 – September 4, 2021
- In the media
Art Residency: Touch of RED – Mellon Foundation
- Venue
Bridge Street Theater
Catskill, NY
- Time
June 14 – July 2, 2021
- In the media
Touch of RED: Overture
- Venue
Carolina Performing Arts
Chapel Hill, NC
- Time
May 21, 2021
- In the media
Saul Williams: The Motherboard Suite
- Venue
Times Square (Father Duffy Square @ 46th & Broadway)
Manhattan, NY
- Time
May 15, 2021
BLACK HOLE 360º – Interactive Video Art
- Venue
Online Premiere – The 92nd Street Y
Manhattan, NY
- Time
February 24, 2021
- In the media
Between Darkness & Light
- Venue
Online Premiere – The 92nd Street Y
Manhattan, NY
- Time
January–March, 2021
- In the media
Art Residency: Inside the Pillow Lab
- Venue
Jacob's Pillow
Becket, MA
- Time
December 10, 2020
- In the media
Art Residency: “Touch of RED” Creation (postponed due to COVID)
- Venue
Dock 11
Berlin, Germany
- Time
October–December, 2020
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon (postponed due to COVID)
- Venue
Derida Dance Center
Sofia, Bulgaria
- Time
September 2020
- In the media
BLACK BOX – Little Black Book of RED (postponed due to COVID)
- Venue
Paris, France
- Time
September 2020
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon (postponed due to COVID)
- Venue
Dance Fest Skopje
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
- Time
September 4–5, 2020
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon (postponed due to COVID)
- Venue
Paris, France
- Time
September 2020
- In the media
Lake of RED
- Venue
Online Premiere
- Time
July 2020
- In the media
Official Selection
Cannes Short Film Festival 2020
Fifth Wall Fest 2020
Montreal Independent Film Festival 2020
kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2020
Black Velvet – Architectures And Archetypes
- Venue
Adelaide Festival
Norwood, Australia
- Time
February 28–March 2, 2020
- In the media
Art Residency: Lake of RED (Post Production)
- Venue
Refuge Arts
Brooklyn, NY
- Time
January 2020
- In the media
TRIBE Official Launch – Benefit Winter Performance
- Venue
Launch of TRIBE
Brooklyn, NY
- Time
December 11, 2019
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Itaú Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
- Time
October 11–13, 2019
- In the media
VAI (Commissioned Choreography)
- Venue
São Paulo Companhia de Dança
São Paulo, Brazil
- Time
August–October, 2019
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Dock 11
Berlin, Germany
- Time
August 15–17, 2019
- In the media
BLACK BOX – Little Black Book of RED
- Venue
Emalin Gallery
London, UK
- Time
August 1, 2019
- In the media
Black Velvet – Architectures And Archetypes
- Venue
COLOURS International Dance Festival
Stuttgart, Germany
- Time
July 12–13, 2019
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Fuori Festival
Spoleto, Italy
- Time
July 6, 2019
- In the media
Black Velvet – Architectures And Archetypes
- Venue
Festival Cena Brasil Internacional
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Time
June 2019
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Festival Cena Brasil Internacional
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Time
June 2019
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
Fabbrica Europa
Firenze, Italy
- Time
June 19, 2019
- In the media
Black Velvet – Architectures And Archetypes
- Venue
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
- Time
May 9–12, 2019
- In the media
Black Velvet – Architectures And Archetypes
- Venue
Carolina Performing Arts
Chapel Hill, NC
- Time
April 24–25, 2019
- In the media
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
- Venue
gloATL: Rhodes Theatre
Atlanta, GA
- Time
April 4–6, 2019
