Malcolm-x Betts. Image courtesy the artist.

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an improvisational duet on Blackness, abstraction, love, and grief.

Performed by 2024 AiR Malcolm-x Betts and Ella Dawn W-S.


ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Malcolm-x Betts is a New York-based visual and dance artist, and a CPR 2024 Artist-in-Residence, who believes that art is a transformative vehicle that brings people and communities together. His artistic work is rooted in investigating embodiment for liberation, Black imagination, and directly engaging with challenges placed on the physical body. He has a community engagement practice allowing artistic freedom and making art accessible to everyone.

Ella Dawn W-S is a dancer, choreographer, and gymnastics teacher living in Brooklyn. She presents work under the name Dancews. Her dances consider the relationship between internal and external body conditions, investigating the interplay of structure and aspiration. As a performer, she's had the honor of working with Josie Bettman, Lu Yim, Vita Taurke, Lavinia Eloise Bruce, SECT, inc., Erik Thurmond, Phoebe Berglund, and Kiera Bono. 

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