Join us for a screening of
Monday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.

Hi-ARTS
10 Lafayette Ave 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217

{ FREE RSVP }

We are pleased to invite you to the film screening of the dance documentary Touch of RED: RECOLLECTION. Monday, June 15, 7:30 p.m. at Hi-ARTS, Downtown Brooklyn.

Touch of RED: RECOLLECTION is an ethereal dance documentary following MacArthur fellow Shamel Pitts, as he embarks on a storied journey of discovery through multiple art residencies with members of his Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE. The documentary directed by Taylor Antisdel weaves together the threads of memory and experience as we witness Shamel creating his live work, Touch of RED.

Join us for the first screening of this documentary in the heart of our hometown, Brooklyn.

The event is free and the space is limited. RSVP now to secure your spot.

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Complete your experience by joining our workshop with Shamel Pitts at Hi-ARTS. More details here.

Touch of RED: RECOLLECTION | ARTISTIC TEAM

Director Taylor Antisdel

Editor Taylor Antisdel
Director of Photography Taylor Antisdel
Additional Cinematography Soren Nielsen
Additional Camera Mike Sassano
Gaffer Eli Beutel
Key Grip Sean Bentley
Grip Andrew Osborne, Andre Bonk
Post Sound Supervisor Vinny Alfano
Location Sound Recordist Jules Ortenzi
Colorist David Torcivia
Additional Editing Sophia De Baun
Music by Sivan Jacobovitz
Additional Music by Zamilska, Infinite Samples, Burial
Archival Footage Ben Garver - The Berkshire Eagle, Katrina Kincaid - 22 News
Set Design Syd Walsh

Production Support
Shamel Pitts
Tushrik Frederiks
Claire Goldes
Ashley Pierre-Louis
Mirelle Martins
E Katrina Lewis
Joshua Antoine
Rus Snelling
Pam Panozzo

Special Thanks
Pili Weeber
Soren Nielsen
Alan Kudan
Jacob Krupnick
Katherine Maxwell
Victoria Rivera
Praveen Elankumaran
Vinny Alfano
David Torcivia

Touch of RED - Live Performance | ARTISTIC TEAM

Concept Direction & Choreography Shamel Pitts
Performers Shamel Pitts, Tushrik Fredericks, Channce Williams
Artistic Production Manager & Lighting Designer Rus Snelling
Video Light & Mapping Designer Lucca Del Carlo
Scenic Design Mimi Lien
Costume Designer Dion Lee
Costume Stylists TT Britt & Tushrik Fredericks
Shoe Apparel - Fulton Cobbler (Brooklyn) - customized “gloves”
Original Musical Score Sivan Jacobovitz
Additional Music Ben Frost, A Single Point of Blinding Light; Burial, Forgive
Dramaturge Ashley Pierre-Louis
Stage Manager Kaz Russell
Lighting Associate Domino Mannheim
Lindy Hop Instructor LaTasha Barnes
Cinematographer Taylor Antisdel
Photographers & Cinematographers The Adeboyé Brothers
Creative Director Mirelle Martins
Managing Director Brittany Wilson
Development Director Eric Umble
Artistic Administrator E Katrina Lewis
Digital Creative & Development Associate Pam Panozzo
Worldwide Bookings Lotus Arts Management, Sophie Myrtil-McCourty

TRIBE’s mission is to cultivate a space of discovery and a platform for artists – most specifically artists of color – with huge inspiration from the Afrofuturism movement. This movement states that we have a responsibility through our work to tell new stories and create a brighter future that is different, and shines more luminously, from our past.

Learn more

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itsatribe.org

@itsatribe

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Founded in 2000 as the Hip-Hop Theater Festival and re-emerging as Hi-ARTS in 2011, we have been supporting artists for over twenty years. Hi-ARTS nurtures the space for Artists, Audiences and Arts Administrators of the Global Majority to engage in creative process, through developmental residencies, civic engagement, education, and artistic programming.

Learn more
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hi-artsnyc.org
@hiartsnyc

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Taylor Antisdel is a Brooklyn-based director, cinematographer, and photographer. He has extensive experience collaborating with other artists, specifically dancers, and choreographers, and possesses a keen ability to anticipate and showcase the distinct aspects of those languages. With a gentle touch and an interest in new visual approaches and stories, he excels in creating visually stunning and emotionally captivating narratives that delve into the human experience.

Shamel Pitts (Brooklyn, NY), a 2024 MacArthur Fellow & 2024 Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, is a performance artist, choreographer, conceptual artist, dancer, spoken word artist, director, and teacher. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Pitts began his dance training at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and, simultaneously, at The Ailey School. He is a first prize winner in The National Arts Competition from YoungArts. Pitts went on to receive his BFA in dance from The Juilliard School and was awarded the Martha Hill Award for excellence in dance. He began his dance career in Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance and BJM_Danse Montreal. Pitts danced with Batsheva Dance Company for seven years under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin and is a certified teacher of Gaga movement language. Pitts has created a triptych of award-winning performances, with his multidisciplinary arts collective TRIBE, known as his “BLACK series,” as well as their newly emerging “RED series”, which has toured extensively to many festivals & performance spaces around the world since 2016. He is an adjunct professor at The Juilliard School, a guest faculty member at Princeton University, New York University, Wesleyan University and has been an artist in residence at Harvard University. He is the recipient of a Princess Grace Award in Choreography, a NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Choreography, Doris Duke Artist Award Recipient, Knight Choreography Prize Winner, a Jacob’s Pillow artist-in-residence, and a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. Shamel Pitts | TRIBE has been artist in residence at 92Y Harkness Dance Center and at New York Live Arts’ Live Feed Creative Residency.

Touch of RED: RECOLLECTION

Film Screening Presented by Hi-ARTS & TRIBE