TRIBE - Multidisciplinary Visual Performances

🔴 ✨ 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘌𝘋 performances this weekend UMS—University Musical Society
October 3 @ 7:30 p.m. & October 4 @ 2 p.m.
Power Center, Ann Arbor, MI
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TICKETS LINKED IN BIO
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𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦! with Shamel Pitts | TRIBE
Free Movement Workshop
Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI Riverside Arts Center | Ypsi
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Photo Credit – Alex Apt Alex Apt
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Photos by Alex Apt

Join Shamel Pitts | TRIBE for a 60-minute dance workshop. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦! workshops are free with registration and designed for all skill levels — no prior dance experience required! Recommended for ages 12+; register in advance as space may be limited.
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October 3, 11 a.m.
Riverside Arts Center Riverside Arts Center | Ypsi
76 N Huron St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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Free registration. Link in bio.
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Photos by Alex Apt

“[I] had a huge curiosity for the arrangement and the organization of bodies and space and what we can communicate through the expression of our bodies amongst each other.”
—Shamel Pitts Shamel Pitts in Current Magazine Current Magazine
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See 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘌𝘋 this weekend:
𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯 𝗮𝘁 𝟳:𝟯𝟬 𝗽.𝗺.
𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰 𝗮𝘁 𝟮 𝗽.𝗺.
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Power Center, Ann Arbor, MI
UMS—University Musical Society
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Photo Credit - Alex Apt Alex Apt

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 the 10th-anniversary celebration of 𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒 𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘝𝘌𝘛, the award-winning live performance created by Shamel Pitts. The Re-Premiere will take place at The Flea Theater November 19–21, 7:30 p.m.
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Photo - Itai Zwecker Itai Zwecker

We are overjoyed to welcome Seta Morton into our Core Leadership Team as Managing Director of TRIBE. Seta is an interdisciplinary curator, arts administrator, writer, and dancer based in NYC. She was previously the Program Director & Associate Curator at Danspace Project where she curated and organized numerous performances, residencies, public programs, and Platforms. She has edited and published over sixteen publications to date and danced for artists including Miguel Gutierrez, Sarah Michelson, and iele paloumpis. A mover and shaker in the dance field and interdisciplinary art world, Seta brings to TRIBE a rich experience in arts leadership and a unique sensitivity to Black experimental dance and interdisciplinary art forms.

Get to know more about Seta accomplishments as writer and artist in our website: itsatribe.org/seta

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Photo Credit - Rob Hann

Marked for Greatness ‼️ Shamel Pitts is on the cover of Dance Magazine for September. Grab yours today.

Shamel Pitts
dancemagazine
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Photo 4 — Hannah Murphy; courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow
Photo 5 — Kameron Herndon; courtesy of Walker Art Center
Photo 6 — Delaney Greenberg; courtesy of Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Photo 7 — Jamie Kraus; courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow

✨ ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝑬𝑫 NYC Premiere Dates Lincoln Center

We are thrilled to announce that TRIBE’s newest multidisciplinary creation, 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝑬𝑫, will be a part of the Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival in January 2027! Save the date for Marks of RED’s New York City homecoming at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

🔴 LINCOLN CENTER Contemporary Dance Festival
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
January 17–18, 2027

Additional information is available at the link in our bio.

New York City! We cannot wait to share this work with you. See you there!

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Slide 1 Video — Videographers: Adam Olson & Paul Moehring, courtesy of Walker Art Center

Slide 2 & 3 Photos — Douglas Mason, courtesy of MASS MoCA

Slides 4 Photo — Kameron Herndon, courtesy of Walker Art Center