• 'Not Just Your Mama's Post-Modern Dance Company'

REGGIE WILSON / FIST AND HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP

- Founded In 1989 -

  • 'Not Just Your Mama's Post-Modern Dance Company'

TOURING (SELECTED) 


  • March 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 May 5-6, 2017 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 April 21- 22, 2017 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 January 28- February 24, 2017 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 January 10, 2017 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 January 7, 2017 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 December 14-17, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 November 15-20, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 October 11-15, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 September 5-10, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 July 26 - Aug 10, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 April 6-17, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 March 28 - April 2, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 March 16-24, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 February 10-13 , 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 January 12+17, 2016 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 October 12 - November 1, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 July 5 - July 19, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 May 26-June 8, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 May 8-13, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 May 4-8 , 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 April 19-26, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 March 25-29, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 February 25 - March 1 , 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 February 15-22, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 February 9-14, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 January 29-31 , 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 January 10 - 11, 2015 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 December 12 -13, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 November 16-22, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 October 28 - November 15, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 October 21-24, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 August 11, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 July 25-16, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 July 14-19, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 July 7-13, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 June 24-26, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 June 16-22, 2014 Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 June 2-12 , 2014 Mar 17, 2020

Present-2009   Istanbul, Turkey; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN; New Haven, CT, Portland, OR; Tallahassee, FL; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Burlington, VT; Albuquerque, NM; Middletown, CT    

2008-2006   Albuquerque, NM; Becket, MA; Chicago, IL; Hanover, NH; Helena, MT; Hudson, NY; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Maui, Hilo, Honolulu, HI; Philadelphia, PA

2005-2003   Chicago, IL; Albany NY; Corning, NY, Davis, CA; Hartford, CT; College Park, MD; Easton, PA; Tucson, AZ; Miami, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Dakar, Senegal; Bytom, Poland; Dusseldorf, Germany

2002-2000   Washington, DC; Champaign/Urbana, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Gaborone, Botswana; London, United Kingdom

2000-1999    Washington, DC; Milwaukee, WI; New Orleans, LA; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis; MN; Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Gaborone, Botswana

UNIVERISTY AND COLLEGE (SELECTED)

2008    Wesleyan University, Department of Dance, Guest Artist Fridays (6 weeks –1 day per week -- Combined level Technique class)

2008     Yale University, Theater Dept-World Performance Project (Fall Semester) THST 335a     Contemporary Dance of African Expression – Lecture course with some studio/movement time

2008    Dartmouth College, Guest Lectures in Gender studies and full week performance,     lecture/demonstrations/master classes residency

2007    University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (4 week teaching residency -composition and technique class)

2006    Barnard College, New York, NY (semester long creation of new work performed at Dance Theater     Workshop)

2006    UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (5 week creation and teaching residency)

2006    Columbia College, Chicago, Il (3 week creation and teaching residency)

2005    University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (semester long creation residency)

2005    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (lectures for Ze’eva Cohen course – Dance and     Spirituality) 

2005    Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY (Performances and Lecture)

2004    University of Illinois–Champaign-Urbana (3 week teaching residency & panel)

2003    College Park Maryland (Performances. & master class)

2003    UC-Davis (Performances. & master class)

2003    Columbia College, Chicago, IL (3 week creation and teaching residency)

2002    Long Island University (series of lectures for Prof. Ninotcka Benenhaum course – Dance and     Gloabal Diversity)

2001    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (lectures for Ze’eva Cohen course – Dance and     Spirituality

2001    Florida International University, Miami, FL (3 week creation residency)

2001    UCLA (master class)

2001    University of Zimbabwe (Reggie Wilson led vocal workshops for students in music of the Southern United States and the Caribbean.)

2000    Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI (Arts Partners-Community and Audience Development      collaboration with several performing arts and community organizations, including classes,     lectures, round-tables and panels)

1998    Queens’ College (CUNY), Queens, NY (semester long creation residency)

1998    Rutgers University (master class)

1997    Swarthmore College, PA (perfermances. & master class)

1997    Xavier University (lec/dem)

1994    Howard University (master class)

COMMUNITY PROJECTS (SELECTED)

May 15th, 2006     Pacific Northwest Dance Lab, Portland, OR; served as Faculty/Mentor for 10 day intensive lab for dance artists of the Pacific Northwest. A regional dance project of the National Dance Project (NDP)

November 11-12, 2005     Black Diaspora Performance: A global circuitry of creativity, communication, and citizenship

1997 – 2004     Black Burlesque (revisited) – multi year, tri-lateral exchange project—Zimbabwe, Trinidad and Tobago and US

2000-2001     McKnight Fellowship—Interaction and exchange with Minneapolis Black Dance Community – classes, round table discussions, workshops, lectures, panels and a performance

2000      Milwaukee Public Museum  – Congo Connection performance with Nefertari dancers – Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Arts Partners; Year long exchange and rehearsal. Repeated trips.

1997     Public Imaginations Resident Artist – Dance Theater Workshop - - Creative Gender Works-in-progress – 3 yrs –Dance, storytelling, singing workshops and performances of African born LGBT folks living in NY 

1997    Institute for Black Catholic Studies – Lecture and panel discussions on the Ring Shout and cultural and religious traditions of Black Catholics

1995    Doles Center Mt. Vernon – Multi-generational project including Seniors and Teenagers - 3 week summer program 

1995    Fête fuh So!    Curated Showcase performance of Trinidadian Traditional and Modern Dance at 651Arts in Brooklyn, NY

1994-1995     Caribbean Arts Initiative –—Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Arts Partners—Full year of Caribbean and Modern Dance movement classes at Brooklyn Middle schools and a Chelsea Seniors Center

 
photo by Daniel Sneed, NYT

photo by Daniel Sneed, NYT

 
photo by Jamie Krause, NEFA

photo by Jamie Krause, NEFA

 

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