Mirelle Martins and Shamel Pitts by Alex Apt 
No Computertricks, just long exposure photography and painting with light. http://skinlightpainting.tumblr.com 
/ Performance Art
Current – December 2019
Creative Director | TRIBE
Founding Artist and Creative Director of the Afrofuturistic arts collective known as TRIBE (Artistic Director: Shamel Pitts).
>> itsatribe.org | @itsatribe
March 2020 – November 2016
| Black Velvet – Architectures And Archetypes
Award-Winning live performance artwork. Choreography by Shamel Pitts. Lights & Video-mapping by Lucca Del Carlo. Costume Design by David Gap. Photography by Alex Apt, Itai Zwecker, Mauricio Pisani. Video Trailer by Ido Cohen.
_TOURING HISTORY_
/2019
APRIL | Chapel Hill, USA
Carolina Performing Arts – UNC
JUNE | Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Festival Cena Brasil Internacional
JULY | Stuttgart – Germany
JULY | Verbania – Italy |
/2018
Oct | Kaunas, Lithuania
Aura Dance Festival
Sep | Baltimore, MA
University of Baltimore (UMBC)
Jul | Berlin, Germany
Dock 11 | Eden Studios
Aug | Singapore
M1 /Binary Contact Dance Festival
Aug | Vienna, Austria
ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival
May | Atlanta, USA
gloATL, Atlanta Symphony Hall
Mar | Belo Horizonte, Brazil
SESC Palladium
Mar| São Paulo, Brazil
Sesc 24 de Maio
Jan | New York City
14th Street Y Theater (Apap)
/2017
Dec | Jerusalem, Israel
Machol Shalem International Dance Festival
Dec | Tel Aviv, Israel
Suzanne Dellal | Inbal Theater
Sep | Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Fringe Festival (STOFF 2017)
Aug | Berlin Germany
Dock 11 | Eden Studios
/2016
Nov | São Paulo, Brazil
Teatro Sérgio Cardoso
*Premiere* (11/11/2016)
October 2019 – Jul 2018
Performer & Costume Designer
| BLACK HOLE – Trilogy and Triathlon
Choreography by Shamel Pitts. With Tushrik Fredericks. Photography by Anna Kazanova. Video Trailer by Ido Cohen.
_TOURING HISTORY_
JUNE | Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Festival Cena Brasil Internacional
JULY | Firenze – Italy
MARCH | Atlanta – USA
/2018 (work in progress)
Dec | Jerusalem, Israel
“Black Hole” in the exhibition “Fashion Statements: Decoding Israeli Dress.”
Oct | Verbania, Italy
Cross Awards 2018
Sep | Sofia, Bulgaria
National Palace of Culture – The Azaryan Theater
Jul-Aug | Berlin, Germany
Dock 11 | Eden Studios
/ Workshops
2019 – 2015
Producer & Live Translator (ENG/PT)
| Gaga (Ohad Naharin’s Movement Language)
Idealization and production of GAGA BRAZIL , yearly courses of Gaga/people and Gaga/dancers classes and workshops in Brazil. In partnership with Shamel Pitts and Carolina Amares.
_EDITIONS_
/2019
Casa Palco – São Paulo, SP
Itaú Cultural – São Paulo, SP
Clube Hebraica – São Paulo, SP
CCBB – RJ (Festival Cena Brasil)
/2018
SESC 24 de Maio – São Paulo, SP
SESC Palladium – Belo Horizonte, MG
/2017
Casa Palco – São Paulo, SP
/2016
SPCD -São Paulo Cia de Dança , São Paulo, SP
Tentáculo Dança – São Paulo, SP
Grupo Corpo – Belo Horizonte, MG
Teatro Cacilda Becker – Rio de Janeiro, RJ
/2015
Itaú Cultural – São Paulo, SP
/ Video Poetry
videopoetry project in collaboration with Anna Zêpa, Brazilian Writer and Actress.
And Marcelo Cabral (Music).
Role: Images, Video editing
Group Exhibitions:
2016
Group Exhibition “POESIA AGORA” – Museu da Língua Portuguesa – São Paulo – SP
2015
NO LOMBO DO BURRO – A7ma Galeria and Sesc Pinheiros – São Paulo, SP
/ Exhibition
Live Sculpture by Adam Kalinowski
Site-Specific project created for Museum of Brazilian Sculpture in São Paulo (MuBE-SP)
in partnership with Ecotelhado.
Role: Curator, Executive Producer
Site-Specific Exhibition: Jan-Out 2013
by Adam Kalinowski
Site-Specific Happening, Live Sculpture at MIS/SP (Image and Sound Museum – São Paulo)
Role: Curator, Producer
by Adam Kalinowski
Sculpture Exhibition at MuBE/SP (Museum of Brazilian Sculpture in São Paulo)
Role: Curator, Producer
/ Advertising
/Advertising Portfolio (Copywriter)
(São Paulo, 2008-2016)
/ After Party
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