CHOREOGRAPHER.
PERFORMANCE ARTIST.
INNOVATOR.
Wilkins's creative research and projects are rooted in the interconnections of American contemporary performance, cultural history, and identities of Black men. His projects examine the raced dancing body and the ways that ritual can access forms of knowledge. Intrigued by ideas about indeterminacy in creative process and performance, he approaches performance and pedagogy as means of re-framing perspectives, creative practices, and technical training. In his intermedia collaborations he works with artists from a wide range of disciplines, including film, video, and design.
HELANIUS
J. WILKINS
WATCH THE TRAILER: DIRT
Experience a new dance for camera project from Helanius J. Wilkins. Dirt is a personal response to the current uprisings & a meditation on identity & Blackness in America.
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 14-16, 2020
Boulder Arts Outdoors: A Socially-Distanced Drive-In Performance Pop-Up
Helanius performs new solo work as part of this socially distanced drive-in performance pop-up. Boulder Arts Outdoors creates an opportunity for gathering to experience the performing arts live.
Each evening will feature a different lineup of Boulder performers. Can't decide program to attend? Come to all of them!
Tickets: $20
6:30 - 8pm MST Nightly
Gerald Stazio Softball Fields - Parking Lot
2445 Stazio Dr, Boulder, CO 80301
COMING SOON -SUMMER 2020
Dirt
Helanius premieres Dirt, a new dance for camera project in collaboration with visual designer and video editor, Roma Flowers, and featuring an original sound score composed and performed by Andy Hasenpflug.
Through the fusion of text, movement, layered visuals, and sound, this work explores identity and Blackness in a heightened time of unrest and uprisings fueled by issues of police brutality and systemic racism in America.
Watch the Trailer Here
Link will become available at time of premiere
