Serpentwithfeet, Raja Feather Kelly, Wu Tsang
The story of a nightclub - and an intense love: told by three genre-defining artists as a large dance piece with live music.
Creation serpentwithfeet
Direction Wu Tsang
Choreography Raja Feather Kelly
Co-Authors Serpentwithfeet, Donte Collins Stage Carlos Soto
Costume Julio Delgado
Performance serpentwithfeet, Nelson »Nellie« Enrique Mejia Jr., Matthew Deloch, Shaquelle Charles, Chrystion Dudley, Dylan Contreras, Brandon Gray, Justin Daniels
Production The Joyce Theater
Coproduction Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel
Commissioned by The Joyce Theater Foundation New York City, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel, The La Phil. With the kind support of Linda And David Shaheen, Seattle Theatre Group, Hancher Auditorium At The University Of Iowa.
Thursday 8/10/23
9:00 PM
Kampnagel - k2
Friday 8/11/23
9:00 PM
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Saturday 8/12/23
9:00 PM
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Sunday 8/13/23
7:30 PM
Kampnagel - k2
International Summer Festival 2023
Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik GmbH
Jarrestraße 20
22303 Hamburg
Josiah Wise savors romantic moments under his alias serpentwithfeet. The 34-year-old Los Angeles-based artist with a background in R&B and classical music expresses desire and pleasure in songs so beguilingly gentle that he has become one of the most exciting alternative R&B voices. Now he is developing his first stage work with award-winning visual artist Wu Tsang, who expresses queer identity in films and is resident director at Schauspielhaus Zurich. Completing the team is Raja Feather Kelly, who made his first appearance at last year’s Summer Festival and is one of New York’s most luminous choreographers, with both Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway works and his own experimental dance works; as well as Solange and Bob Wilson designer Carlos Soto and poet Donte Collins. Together with seven dancers, the team tells the story of a Black gay nightclub. This is where the utopian potential of a safe space and a great love story between the club security guard Brick and serpentwithfeet unfold. The latter is on stage himself – with songs from his new album “Grip” in this Summer Festival premiere.