Black Box is an enigmatic performance/installation featuring a solo performer Shamel Pitts, a former company member of Israel’s iconic Batsheva Dance Company. Buoyed by his trademark expressive movement, Pitts employs spoken word, evocative lighting, and avant-garde expressionism to construct a personal, poetic narrative about search for identity and striving for survival amidst impermanence. Obliquely referencing the flight data recorder, BLACK BOX transcends traditional travel journal format, becoming instead a record of a life as – in a nod to Nina Simone – a “young, gifted and Black” artist, thriving in constant motion.
- Titel: Black Box
- Director//Regie: Aviv Maaravi
- Choreography//Choreographie: Shamel Pitts
- Country of Production//Land: Israel
- Year of Production//Jahr: 2016
- Duration//Dauer: 00:10:45
- Dance and Performance//Tanz: Shamel Pitts
- Camera//Kamera: DOP: Tobias Hochstein
- Montage: Gravity Creative
- #Signature: P17 13