TRIBE: Solace of RED

The 2024 Culpeper Summer Performance Series finale will feature multidisciplinary artists’ collective TRIBE presenting works in progress from their performance art residency incubator Solace of RED. Led by award-winning movement artist, choreographer, creator, curator, and artistic director Shamel Pitts, Solace of RED intertwines different art languages to create one live performance experience. 

Solace of RED is a project of cultivating space to create a platform for TRIBE artists’ singular works. This residency provides an opportunity for each artist to express their own voice while finding solace in sharing the weight of the creative practice alongside one another. TRIBE aims to extend this project to a multitude of artists working in various mediums and from a variety of locations. From these incubators, the work will re-birth itself throughout TRIBE’s lifetime as new artists cycle through the kaleidoscopic creative process led by Pitts to find solitude, creativity, and solidarity. 

PROGRAM:    

til infiniti  (excerpt)

Choreography by Tushrik Fredericks  

Lighting Design by Rus Snelling

Performers Tushrik Fredericks, Minylan Echols, and Babou Sanneh 

SORE (excerpt)  

Concept Direction by Ashley Pierre-Louis    

Choreography by Ashley Pierre-Louis, in collaboration with Dominica Greene  

Sound Collage by Tushrik Fredericks  

Lighting Design by Rus Snelling

Performers Dominica Greene and Ashley Pierre-Louis    

Artistic Production Manager and Stage Manager Rus Snelling

Post-Show Q&A with Shamel Pitts  

A reception will follow the performance. Presented in partnership with the RBF Culpeper Arts & Culture program.