Open Call: Cain Coleman
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About this commission
Creative Team
Cain Coleman is an award-winning, multi-hyphenate performer and creator based in Brooklyn. With a career marked by time spent with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Theatre, The Martha Graham Dance Company, The Metropolitan Opera and The Dragon Sisters, Coleman continues to explore the many possibilities of life. Coleman was recently honored as the Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2021 and Best Duo/Group 2021/22. They were also nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the NYC Glam Awards in 2022.
Coleman’s collaborations with platforms, brands, and institutions such as Amazon Music, Meta, Instagram, Brooklyn Museum, Queer Capital, MOBIFest, Absolute, Saks, and Lincoln Center all showcase their true commitment to pushing artistic boundaries. Recently, media outlets like Billboard, Vogue, Paper Magazine, Elle, Wonderland, Ladygunn, Guinness World Records, and the New York Times have recognized Coleman’s work, showcasing them as a trailblazer in various industries and avenues in the arts.
As a professor of dance and a choreographer at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Coleman continues to inspire and educate the next generation of artists with an open heart! @odessabigdragon
Born and raised in Brooklyn, David Frazier Jr. got his first introduction to music in the Pentecostal denomination of the Black American Church. His father, David Frazier Sr., is an accomplished Gospel songwriter and his mother, Leslie Walker Frazier, is currently the principal of Crispus Attucks 21 Elementary School in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Frazier attended Xaverian High School and was nurtured musically by Joseph Loposoky and mentored by his first drum teacher, Sherrie Maricle. If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t be playing drums professionally.
Frazier studied at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music where he received a BFA and MFA in jazz studies (performance). There he studied with great jazz professors/musicians/instructors such as Steve Wilson, Scott Colley, John Abercrombie, Jimmy Greene, John Riley, Jon Gordon, etc. He was mentored closely by Kenny Washington, Hal Galper, and Charles Blenzig. Frazier’s touring résumé has included the following acts: Gabriel Garzon Montano, Arto Lindsay, Thiefs, People’s Champs, SZA, Hal Galper, Youngbloods, Axel Tosca, WTF Trio , Mae.Sun, L’Rain, My Tree, Kala and The Lost Tribe, Speak Freely Trio, Ant Saunders, The Dragon Sisters, Moses Sumney, and Brasstracks.
Alexey Kim, also known as Sidewalkkilla, is an NYC-based independent journalist, photographer, and filmmaker. Kim was born in Kazakhstan, formerly part of the USSR, eventually moving to the US in his early teens. As a queer artist, Kim’s primary focus is on the LGBTQIA+ lifestyle and emerging creatives. Kim is inspired by uniqueness and individuality. His work sets out to find beauty in the fleeting moments of life, challenging his eye to see beyond the obvious.
Kim’s work has been published in the New York Times, Vogue, New York magazine, Interview, V magazine, WWD, Paper, Out, The Cut, them., and more. Kim’s photography has been featured in the Google documentary Honoring Excellence in the Transgender Community: gc2b and The Marsha P. Johnson Institute, in OWN TV Network’s Juneteenth Artist Showcase highlighting the work of Hank Willis Thomas, and in the HBO documentary The Stroll.
Location and dates
July 18 – 20
7:30 pm
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Thank you to our partners
Additional support for Open Call is provided by The Wescustogo Foundation and Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation.
The creation of new work at The Shed is generously supported by the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Commissioning Fund and the Shed Commissioners. Major support for live productions at The Shed is provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, with additional support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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