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.
- #Title: Black Box
- #Director: Aviv Maaravi
- #Choreography: Shamel Pitts
- #Country of Production: Israel
- #Year of Production: 2016
- #Duration: 00:10:45
- #Dance and Acting: Shamel Pitts
- #Camera: DOP: Tobias Hochstein
- #Editing: Gravity Creative
- #Signature: P17 13