Black Velvet: Architectures and Archetypes: Interview with Dancers Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins

“Black Velvet: Architectures and Archetypes” is a dance theater piece co-created by the Brooklyn-born choreographer and dancer Shamel Pitts (known for his work with the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company) and a Brazilian-born performer Mirelle Martins. “Black Velvet” played to sold-put houses in NYC and internationally when it debuted in 2017. The work is a follow-up to an autobiographical solo show “Black Box: A Little Box of Red.” […]

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