Komansé Dance Theater’s mission is to use art to challenge, create, and cultivate. KDT uses Black cultural expression to challenge, create, and cultivate around social activism and universal human experience.Artistic Director, Raianna Brown, seeks to create work that speaks to people’s experiences and the universal human connection. Komansé Dance Theater is uncompromising storytelling for the culture.
In 2019, the company premiered Skid. Skid is a celebration of the vulnerability and strength of humanity. Komansé Dance Theater takes a provocative look at homelessness and gentrification in the metro Atlanta area and beyond. Using an innovative set design and featuring 3D printed costuming, this production brings together dance and technological innovation to embody the human connection between art and social justice. Skid is set to a score of classical and contemporary sounds including trap music, jazz, and hip hop. The compelling high-energy movement of the KDT dancers captures the attention of a multi-generational audience.
Since its 2019 premiere, Komansé has grown into a full-scale company producing evening-length shows, short films, workshops, and masterclasses, partnering with institutions like the High Museum of Art, the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta, the National Center for Civil & Human Rights, and Covenant House.
Through community engagement, Komansé launched the Allie Frances Saxon Artist-in-Residence Program, named for Brown's Nana, who empowered her artistically and embodied the spirit of paying it forward. The program continues that legacy, uplifting choreographers to create boldly, freely, and with purpose — alongside KDT's ongoing residency and curated performance season at The Paideia School.
(Parental Advisory is suggested, this production contains mature racial subject matter.)
Learn More: https://komansedance.com