The SOLO Project is a movement based performance art piece choreographed and directed by Nick M Daniels. This show time includes a talk back afterwards.
My choreography is inspired by global movement styles including African, Butoh, ball room culture Indian, Contemporary and Hip Hop and formed into highly stylized movement phrases that is based from and driven by pure, raw emotion. The soundscape is comprised of digital/electronic noise synced with piano and text with driving under currents that provide the heartbeat for the work.
I am creating an oddly beautiful, melancholic atmosphere with self realized photography, projections and video that draws you into this world that I live in. I decided to continue my exploration on the effects of technology in today’s world and the growth, development, changes in the way we communicate, the loss of civility and forgetting what it was like not to have. In creating this work I realized after all these years since my re-emergence this work has come full circle and continued to spiral off. The social and political concerns at that time are reoccurring today and with social media and advanced technology it’s terrifying.
Nick M Daniels
About the Artist(s):
Considered to be a Pittsburgh pioneer in exploring race and sexual identity and Pittsburgh Cultural Treasure, Nick M. Daniels is the founding Artistic Director of the D.A.N.A. Movement Ensemble (Dancers Against Normal Actions) which he started in 1991 after attaining his BFA in Dance from Slippery Rock University. He reemerged after a 20+year hiatus. Since returning in 2016. His choreographic style is inspired by African, modern global movement and contemporary styles based on pure raw emotion. His creativity often entices the use of self realized soundscapes and video imagery. Through the years he has continuously developed and has toured nationally and abroad to attain favorable reviews, awards grants and accolades including The FRESHWORKS Residency in 2023, The Young- Howse Theater Award for Movement Artist of the Year, A work commissioned by Nandanik Dance and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Preserving Diverse Cultures Grant. 2025 Brings continued opportunities in local communities, across the country, Europe, Central and South America.
Artist(s) have also performed at the following Fringes:
Pittsburgh Fringe