Performance Dates and Times
Friday, May 10th at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 11th at 7:00pm
Thursday, May 16th at 7:00pm
Friday, May 17th at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 18 at 7:00pm
Thursday, May 23rd at 7:00pm
Friday, May 24th at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 25th at 7:00pm
Run Time: Approximately 60 minutes
Location
20 Putnam Avenue in Brooklyn, C or G train to Clinton-Washington. Accessible station at Franklin Avenue C/Shuttle train.
S A T U R N: A Revelation
introducing the Inter-Dimensional Time-Traveling Disco Space Opera Dance Band: “The Living Ancestors”
MAY 10TH - MAY 25TH
SATURN: A Revelation — introducing the Inter-Dimensional Time-Traveling Disco Space Opera Dance Band: “The Living Ancestors” is a reverse time capsule broadcast introducing The Living Ancestors from the 2200s, when humanity is at the precipice of abolishing all systems of oppression. Join this space opera dance band as they embody songs of liberation and conjure the wisdom of their ancestors from the 2020s who honored their responsibility to leave behind a healthy global ecology for their descendants.
SATURN: A Revelation is an immersive dance performance installation, direct action for community support, and multi-camera live broadcast exploring the question: what are we responsible for once we abolish all systems of oppression? This hologram-like radio show, with environmental projection mapping and multiple points of view, is magically performed in real-time through the Live Performance Camera Obscura.
SATURN: A Revelation was developed with generous support from our friends at BRIC, A CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at The New House Gallery at SNUG Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, The Bogliasco Foundation Study Center, the Van Cleef and Arpels Fellowship in Dance, Movement Research, the Jerome Foundation, the Jonah Bokaer Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Council, and the Arizona State University Art Constellation Grant.
Additional Events
Full Moon Disco Ball in the Sky Party on SATURN
Friday, May 24th: Beginning Post Show (approximately starting at 8:30pm) - Midnight
How would you party if all systems of oppression were abolished? Come dance with the Living Ancestors at this post performance party featuring interactions with the camera obscura and great tunes from local D.J.s
Dress for your fully liberated future!
Tickets: $10
The Living Ancestor’s Time Capsule - Drop by on Sundays for a public installation which invites audience members to step into the light stage of the camera obscura and become a Living Ancestor. Participants will receive a video clip of themselves immersed in this liberatory future.
Sunday, May 12th: 12pm- 5pm
Sunday, May 19th: 12pm - 5pm
Free and open to the public. RSVP and come on by!
Astrological Forecast
Sunday, May 12th @5pm
Can you feel the revolution? It’s literally written in the stars. Join j. bouey for an Astrological Forecast to prepare for the transformations ahead!
Free and open to the public. Reserve your seat today!
About the Artists
j. bouey (they/them) (Artistic Director / Mx. Black Copper) As a Dance Artist and Astrologer, j. is finding their way back to joy by imagining the abolition of systemic oppression through their current project, SATURN. As a creator, j. was a 2021-2022 Jerome Fellow and is a 2022/2023 Movement Research NYSCA Artist in Residence. j. bouey was also recently a Gibney 2021 Spotlight Artist, Artist-In-Residence at CPR – Center for Performance Research, and 2021 Bogliasco Fellow. j. was also a 2018 Movement Research Van Lier Fellow, and 2018 Dancing While Black Fellow. j. is a current dancer and collaborator with nia love and The Fabulous Waack Dancers under the direction of Princess Lockerooo. They were also a former dancer with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and danced with Germaul Barnes’ Viewsic Dance, Maria Bauman’s MB Dance, Dante Brown, Christal Brown’s INspirit Dance,and apprenticed with Emerge 125 (formerly Elisa Monte Dance) under the artistic direction of Tiffany Rea-Fisher.
George Del Barrio (he/him) (Creative/ Technical Director × Executive Producer, creator of the Live Performance Camera Obscura) — Born 1976 in New York City and raised with the global immigrant community of Queens, Del Barrio is the Founding Creative Director × Executive Producer of The Vanderbilt Republic (2008) & MIDHEAVEN Network + Studio (2020), as well as Creative Director × Executive Producer at Universe City NYC (2021-present), Space for Arts (2023-present) & Madhura Studios (2024-present) . As a 1st-generation American and all-media Creative/ Technical Director deeply versed in photographic physics, immersive curatorial design, and all phases of production, Del Barrio’s practice is concentrated on archetype expansion. Every site response is architected by a resolute humanism; every invention, design, & transformation is in search of duende. Meaning is not a discovery, it is a creation. Clients include The Keith Haring Foundation, Rutgers University, Textile Arts Center, MADERA, On The Revel, PALISSIMO, Cardistry-Con & the dawning sunlight of an awakened mind.
Ian Chen (he/they) (A-Camera) is a filmmaker born and raised in NYC. He primarily crews on set in camera and lighting. Ian has a special interest in using film and media as a tool for community building, justice, and action.
Natasha “Tash” Calixte (she/her) (Assistant Producer/Production Manager) is a vibrant Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist, working as an innovative producer, administrator, dancer and cultural storyteller. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Natasha’s artistic journey began in the lively corridors of her community, where the rhythms and storytelling sparked her passion for dance. She honed her craft at SUNY Purchase College, where she pursued a major Arts Management. After graduating, quickly established herself in the arts scene, leveraging her skills and background to perform, and produce culturally rich programming/performances that resonate with diverse audiences. She is a member of The Dance Union Podcast. These days Natasha can be found pouring her magic into experimental performance, multi-dimensional projects and hopes to continue making works with forward thinking collaborators and organizations.
Jayson P. Smith (they/them) (Writer and Member of “The Living Ancestors”) is Bronx born interdisciplinary artist, writer, & curator, currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. J has received support from New York Foundation for the Arts (Poetry, 2017), The Poetry Project, Poetry Foundation, Callaloo, and The Conversation Literary Festival. Their writing appears in html.review, West Branch, boundary2, The Poetry Project’s Recluse, Gulf Coast, & The Offing, among others. Jayson’s performance work has been featured in numerous venues throughout the U.S., such as Guggenheim Museum, MOMAPS1, Loft Literary Center, The Home School, & Ace Hotel NYC. J founded & curates NOMAD Reading Series in Brooklyn, & elsewhere.
Junauda Petrus (she/they) (Writer and Member of “The Living Ancestors”) is an abolitionist, writer, filmmaker, runaway witch, soul sweetener and performance artist born on Dakota land of Trinidadian and Crucian descent. Petrus’ work employs poetics and experiences re-membered via research and ancestral dreaming. Her first book, The Stars and The Blackness Between Them, received the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award. This year she released her first children’s book, Can We Please Give The Police Department to the Grandmother’s? based on an abolitionist future. She is the co-founder with Erin Sharkey of Free Black Dirt, an artist collective based in Minneapolis, creating space for the literary artists’ community. In all her artistic forms she explores diaspora, the erotic, the speculative, ancestral magic, stories of queerness and femmehood, wildness, laughter, sweetness, spectacle and shimmer.
Nubian Néné (she/her) (Member of “The Living Ancestors”) is a Montreal native and a New York-based dancer/choreographer who weaves Street & Club dances to create her unique captivating style. Her resilience and hard work stem from her Haitian roots, enabling her to expand into a producer, creative director, curator, visual artist, teacher, and a reliable asset to the innovative Montreal-based multidisciplinary collective: FRGMNT. Nubian Néné performs with Bboyizm Dance Company's In My Body, Passion Fruit Dance Company's Trapped (2021), and Dimensions (in progress). Signature Verses Liberation (2022), an ode to architecture, dance, and drawing, is her first visual art installation, and proof of harmony. A hybrid context, with an amalgam of texture, layers, and patterns examined and imagined by the artist. She's the creator of Waack Bazaar, The Essence Experience, Glasses & Laces, and choreographer and artistic director of A Lady in The House Dance Company. Her mentors, some of the pioneers of the Street & Club dance cultures, support, encourage, and inspire her to identify cultural references, to be involved and engaged in the community, and through pedagogy help carry the weight of her legacy.
Quilan “Cue” Arnold (he/him) (Member of “The Living Ancestors”) Quilan “Cue” Arnold (MFA) is a movement artist based out of Union City, NJ, who uses his God-given gifts to create systems that advocate for the liberation of all people. As a performer Quilan has been a member of companies such as onCUE Chronicles (NJ), Camille A. Brown and Dancers (NY), Rennie Harris Puremovement (PA), Netta Yerushalmy Dance Company (NY), Abby Z and the New Utility (NY), and Enzo Celli Vivo Ballet (NY). Quilan’s most recent choreographic works, Grandbuelo’s Quarter and The Third Rail, were presented at DancePlace (DC) and New Jersey City University (NJ) respectively in 2023. He is a 2023-24 CUNY Dance Initiative awardee, a 2022 New Directions Choreography Lab Artist-in-Residence at Alvin Ailey, and a featured artist in the ALL ARTS documentary, Alvin Ailey New Directions. Quilan is the founder and CEO of onCUE Chronicles, a kinetic storytelling company that uplifts historically oppressed demographics through performance and education. As an educator Quilan has served numerous dance institutions by foregrounding the value of Street/Club Dance philosophy towards dance technique, U.S. history, antiracism, humanitarianism, and more. View Quilan’s work at www.cue4christ.com and onCUE Company’s work at www.oncuechronicles.com.
Tyrone Bevans (he/him) (Sound Director and Nyx, Member of “The Living Ancestors”) is an interdisciplinary artist hailing from The Bronx. Tyrone is a current collaborator in Princess Lockeroo’s Fabulous Waack Dancers and Joya Powell’s Movement of the People. Tyrone was a former performer in Christal Brown’s Inspirit, Chafin Seymor :: Dance Collective, EPIC Motion, and FunkanometryNY. As a creator Tyrone has presented choreographic work at the International Human Rights Art Festival, Festival Quartier Danses, and Ars Nova. As a mover Tyrone investigates space, risk, and play with one’s physical vernacular in order to access personal freedom.