DeVaughn Nelson

Contact Data

Web: http://www.hokumarts.org/

Skype: devonelson

ZIP, City: 10625 Berlin
Country: Germany

Portfolio: http://vimeo.com/user7861116
Portfolio: https://picasaweb.google.com/100113151999222144097
Web: http://www.hokumarts.org/

Description

Louis DeVaughn Nelson (DeVo) is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of The Hokum Arts Production Group. DeVo engages his audiences with edgy multi-media pieces that incorporate satire, humor, and burlesque. He has an interest in exploring and exploiting sociopolitical drama in various cultural contexts. His works have been shown in many venues in the Greater Philadelphia Area and New York City, from ballets to fine art exhibitions and has now moved to the Berlin market. He studied dance and playwriting at DeSales University and Drexel University. He has also been a dance instructor at the renown Koresh School of Arts and The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

DeVo has also been an actor in theater and film, as well as working on production crews.

Recent credits include: The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, The Festivale! GLBT Arts Festival, The Philly Dance Collective, and the CEC's New Edge Mix Festival. Nelson is currently researching Black European History in Germany for a new dance theater work inspired by the Jazz Era pre and post World War II. He is also developing a multidisciplinary work regarding commuter movement in subway environments.

http://vimeo.com/user7861116

Influences

Bob Fosse, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Pina Bausch, Alvin Ailey.

“My dance composition technique stems from the inspiration of Erick Hawkins, Merce Cunningham, Matt Maddox, Alvin Ailey and Bob Fosse. Fluid old school Modern Dance will be juxtaposed with contemporary technique, utilizing extensive isolations and lateral movements and stretches. Combined with natural movements and “club style” dancing, the works will be precise, relatable and innovative in their execution, revealing the pith of the story at hand."