KDT Presents: DA ME LA LUZ OUT NOW!
KDT Presents: DA ME LA LUZ OUT NOW!
A NIGHT WITH KOMANSÉ returns this fall and this time, we’re bringing you even closer.
Join us for an evening of movement, storytelling, and cinematic artistry as Komansé Dance Theater presents a live work-in-process choreography performance alongside exclusive screenings of select Komansé short films.
This work-in-process event offers a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process, showcasing the raw, evolving artistry of Komansé’s latest works choreographed by Raianna C. Brown, Akeem J. Edwards, and Rochelle Phillips.
The evening will include a special guest performance from world renowned cellist-composer, looper, improviser, and storyteller, O’Korie Johnson (OkCello)!
Following the show, audience members will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A with the Komansé artistic team.
A NIGHT WITH KOMANSÉ continues Komansé Dance Theater’s residency and performance season at The Paideia School. Our Artistic Director, Raianna C. Brown, was selected as Paideia’s 2024–25 Cecelia Caines Artist-in-Residence. Through this residency, Komansé Dance Theater continues to emphasize a community-oriented creative process, bringing art, history, and uncompromising storytelling to Paideia’s performance spaces.
Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to Komansé’s world, this is an opportunity to experience the company’s creative evolution, gain insight into the choreographic process, and celebrate the power of dance on both stage and screen.
Come be a part of the movement.
Komansé Dance Theater is uncompromising storytelling for the culture.
Komansé Dance Theater’s mission is to use art to challenge, create, and cultivate. The company utilizes the medium of Black cultural expression to unpack current issues surrounding social activism. Artistic Director, Raianna Brown, seeks to create work that speaks to people’s experiences and the universal human connection. Komansé Dance Theater is uncompromising storytelling for the culture.
“The work had grown from young artistic minds and bodies that felt a
need to communicate the black experience. It dealt with current social
issues like police violence against black men and who owns the
American dream. I was amazed and just awestruck. “ - Cleo Creech