The
Pilot Dance Project and Mystic Lyon are pleased to present a
discussion on contemporary black dance with an intimate reception to
follow for Brooklyn-based artists Brother(hood) Dance. This event
will take place on Saturday, April 13 at 7pm at Mystic Lyon in the
historic Fifth Ward at 5007 Lyons Avenue, Houston, TX 77020.
From
artist Orlando Zane Hunter Jr: The
piece that we will be collaborating on is a work that I’m writing
as a short story and bringing it into a live movement experience. We
like to work with a concept we are calling Afro-neo narratives. This
is a understanding we are learning and experiencing. Having the
control to tell the stories of past present and future with a focus
on healing. Having the liberty of black imaginative space to tie time
and space using focused energy to tell stories and mythologies that
someone may never heard of or has, has an affect on viewer who never
get to see themselves in a particular light. I’m excited to share
with the Houston community.
Conversation
with the Artists:
Date/Time:
April 13, 7-9pm
Location:
Mystic Lyon, 5007 Lyons Avenue, Houston, TX 77020
FREE
Upcoming Performance:
The
Pilot Dance Project continues its spring season with a special
collaboration with Brooklyn-based artists Brother(hood) Dance. This
critically acclaimed collective will set a new evening-length work on
the Pilot Dance Project. Hawa (The Ride) will make its world
premiere at Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH). This
project is made possible by a City's Initiative grant from the City
of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
Date:
April 19 - 21, 2019
Performance
Time: 8pm and 5pm (on April 21 only)
Location:
Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, Matchbox One
Tickets:
$15 presale; $20 at-the-door
www.matchouston.org
Hawa
(The Ride) is
a contemporary myth, embodied in the characters of two horsemen,
“Jacko” and “Cavalier Spirit.” Referencing West African
cosmologies and urban cowboy practices the work takes up Black
masculinity and the politics of adornment as source material for a
creative fashioning of the future self. Through the use of short
story and multimedia, this is an Afro-neo narrative of resilience,
discovery, and transformation.
Brother(hood)
Dance!
is an interdisciplinary duo that seeks to inform its audiences on the
socio-political and environmental injustices from a global
perspective, bringing clarity to the same-gender-loving
African-American experience in the 21st century. Brother(hood)
Dance! was formed in April 2014 as a duo that research, create and
perform dances of freedom by Orlando Zane Hunter, Jr. and Ricarrdo
Valentine. They have performed their works at FiveMyles, Center for
Performance Research, B.A.A.D! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance),
VCU-The Grace Street Theater, DraftWork at St. Marks Church, JACK,
Movement Research at Judson Church, Colby College, Denmark Arts
Center and other venues.
Mystic
Lyon
specializes
in art and Recreational Aesthetics, Mystic Lyon is an
artist-instigated space located on the corner of Lyons Avenue and
Mystic Street in Houston's historic Fifth Ward neighborhood. In
addition to public art installations, Mystic Lyon offers weekly
organic food deliveries, house concerts, meditation and sound
sessions, and reading groups. It also plays host to the Fifth Ward
Badminton Club, Root Lock Sessions, and the Fifth Ward Chamber of
Commerce.
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The
Pilot Dance Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization with
the mission to empower and transform communities through innovative
dance, theater, and visual art.
