JUNE 1 & 2, 2023

Runtime: 40 minutes with no intermission.
Please note portions of this piece contain strobe.


(territory) of the heart

Choreography
Tushrik Fredericks

Performer
Tushrik Fredericks

Soundscape
TT Britt

Lighting Design
Lucca del Carlo

With performance by South African dance artist Tushrik Fredericks who is a collaborative artist with TRIBE (founding artistic director, Shamel Pitts) and soundscape by multidisciplinary artist TT Britt, (territory) of the heart creates a movement journey parallel to a live sonic journey that digs deeper into physicalizing the experience of the heart - it grapples with identity, humanitarian aspects and the endless potential that lies within one's heart and humanity to soar, challenge and find serenity.

TUSHRIK FREDERICKS
Tushrik Fredericks, recipient of Princess Grace Award (Chris Helman dance honor), nominated by TRIBE (Founding artistic director, Shamel Pitts) in 2021 is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. Growing up he found himself drawn towards the style ‘KRUMP‘. He graduated from the Peridance Certificate Program in NYC in June 2015 and has had the opportunity to work with Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY (Danielle Agami, Artistic Director), Sidra Bell Dance New York (Sidra Bell, Artistic director) and UNA Productions (Chuck Wilt). Tushrik was an assistant lecturer to Sidra Bell at The University of the Arts Philadelphia for Sophomore students (2016-2018). In May 2021 Tushrik received 3rd prize for dance at the SoloTanz Festival in Stuttgart for his first rendition of his self choreographed solo '(territory) of the heart'.
@bytushrikfredericks
@tushrik

TT BRITT
TT Britt is a multidisciplinary artist based in NYC. TT’s storytelling origins began as a fashion stylist, and in recent years, those narratives have grown to include sonic transmissions as a DJ. The Virginia native is based in New York and draws inspiration from their communities both here and across the globe. Infusing the classic shape shifting sounds of the Midwest with the paradigm shifting sounds of Berlin, Copenhagen, Malmö, and beyond. Their sets will take you on a hard-hitting celestial journey through euphoric melodies, spastic synths, and cunty chants. Uniting rhythmic frequencies of opposing forces, TT's singular style is much like that of a "Meditating Gunrunner."

LUCCA DEL CARLO (Lighting Designer)
A graphic designer and video artist based in Sao Paulo, Brazil and is a founding member of the Brooklyn/New York-based multidisciplinary arts collective known as TRIBE. He has created the lighting and video mapping projections for numerous performance works and has toured and performed live with the collective in many countries all over the world. He specializes in transmedia, mixing cinema techniques, concepts of architecture, visual arts, light design, and technology, and integrating those into the direction and creation of scenography, immersive environments and visual live shows. In his view, all ways of visual communication have interlacing points, not only using technology but also using human cognition and its related censorial illusions. Del Carlo’s specialty is mixing it in new ways to inspire and break common patterns in visual expression.

ANNA WOTRING (Director of Production)
Anna Wotring, Pittsburgh native, is a community-minded dance artist, designer, and production stage manager committed to the practice of collaborative leadership. She currently works with Annie Heath, Lauren Horn, Jennifer Nugent and slowdanger as a technical design consultant, dancer, and production stage manager. Wotring obtained her BFA in Dance at the Five College Dance Department in Western Massachusetts. She has had the privilege of working with a multitude of dance organizations, including Alvin Ailey Studios, Attack Theater, Ballet Des Ameriques, BalletNext, Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, the Dance Conservatory of Pittsburgh, Dance Place, H2O Contemporary Dance, Monica Bill Barnes and Company, New York Live Arts, the Pillow Project, Prayers of the People, RoseAnne Spradlin, Scapegoat Garden, Time Lapse Dance, and many others. Wotring is beyond excited to begin working and imagining with the Trisk team.
@annaissupercool

SPECIAL THANKS
Special thanks to Shamel Pitts, TRIBE, Lucca Del Carlo, TT and Yusef Azim.

Photo by Zhi Wei


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