Bound // Photo: Sabrina Palko Creative Director Edo Tastic // Performers (L/R): Kyle Marshall, Kellye Smith, Khalid Dunton, Syd Worthy, Justin Daniels 

Description: Against a red backdrop, 5 performers create a star formation with powerful gestures bound by a red rope and wearing brown and red costumes.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES 

Bound (world premiere) // November 5-7th 7:30p Danspace Project 

Moving beyond the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Bound is a dance to manifest a new destiny recalling Black Americans’ history of covert strategies for liberation. Using text by Fredrick Douglass and visual design (set, costume, and projections) by KMC Creative Director Edo Tastic, this cast of five Black performers; Justin Daniels, Khalid Dunton, Kyle Marshall, Kellye Smith and Syd Worthy, will explore (sub)text and subversive actions by embodying words, gestures, and rhythms that examine American ideals and realities. Live sound design by Cal Fish and Kwami Winfield will blend traditional western instruments with radio and electronics to encode the sonic pulse and cultural legacy of the USA. Developed over the 2025-26 season through a CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at Hunter College and a Grant Wood Fellowship at the University of Iowa.

Bound // Photo: Sabrina Palko Creative Director Edo Tastic // Performers (L/R): Kellye Smith and Justin Daniels

Description: A black male performer lifts a black female performer upside down, twisted in red rope against a dark gray background 

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