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Event
Asylum Hill Artists present a Premiere Modern Dance Performance
Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association with Town and County Club
and Asylum Hill Artists present:
Premiere Performance of Black Boy Jungle,
a contemporary dance piece by Arien Wilkerson and Tnmot-Aztro
Reception and conversation with the Artist to follow
June 18, 2015 at 5 pm
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Black Boy Jungle focuses on the claiming (and re-claiming) of our unique identities. America is home to immigrants from all over the world, and our diversity encourages the questioning of both our personal and national identities. What is the American dream? Who's to say there is only one? Do our ethnic backgrounds, beliefs and theories become esoteric due to overarching societal views and our aesthetically driven culture?
Tnmot-Aztro creates performance and installation work, blending dance, culture and visual media by engaging collaborations with artists from throughout Connecticut and beyond. The Hartford-based company expresses its passion for originality, color, purpose and freedom through film/video, photography, and multimedia performances. Artistic Director Arien Wilkerson created Tnmot-Aztro in 2010.
Arien Wilkerson was born and raised in Hartford, where he began his dance training under the tutelage of Jolet Creary. He studied contemporary dance at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Artists Collective and Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts. This early training provided opportunities to perform for such individuals as Rennie Harris, Pop Master Fabel, Sam Waters, Jasmine Guy. In 2008, he was a scholarship recipient for travel to Cape Verde, Africa to participate in CulturArte, a youth arts residency program where he studied with Mano Preto, Artistic Director of Raiz di Polon, and Deborah Goffe, Artistic Director of Scapegoat Garden. In 2009, his work was selected for performance at Wesleyan University's Dance Masters and awarded the Recognition of Exception for emerging artistry by David Dorfman and Nicole Stanton through an initiative of New Foundation of the Arts. Having recently toured in Europe and Israel, Arien makes his home in Hartford's Asylum Hill.
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LocationTown & County Club (View)
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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