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A Night of New Work: Celebrating Miami’s Performing Artists (An EVENT by Knight Foundation and The New Tropic)

Pioneer Winter is thrilled to join the Knight Foundation and The New Tropic for "A Night of New Work: Celebrating Miami's Performing Artists" on Friday, April 30 at 6 p.m. ET.

A panel discussion with PW and artists Carmen Pelaez and Portia Dunkley will focus on the resilience of performing artists and long-term challenges and opportunities, moderated by Adam Ganuza. The virtual event will also highlight the winners of the Knight New Work 2020 initiative and will showcase videos of projects by the Knight New Work 2018 winners.

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Nothing But Love: Creative Process and Catharsis (An Arsht Center Artist in Residence Series)

Dance Like Your Life Depends On It: A World AIDS Day Conversation (An Arsht Center Artist in Residence Series)

Open space, SEASON 2 Episode 2 - InclUSivity: Centering Community and Collaboration in the Arts

SEASON 2 Episode 2: InclUSivity: Centering Community and Collaboration in the Arts

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 5:30 pm-7:00 pm ET 
Host: Pioneer Winter, Pioneer Winter Collective
Guests: Mengtong Guan (PingPong Arts), Omar Ingram (The International Association of Blacks in Dance), Laura Martinez (World Fusion Events), Shoshana Polanco (La Teatrería)

The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD), in partnership with Francine Sheffield (Sheffield Global Arts Management) and Kristopher McDowell (KMP Artists), presents Open Space, an episodic series devoted to addressing pressing issues in the field of dance. Open Space uplifts, highlights, and engages artists of African Ancestry or Origin. This casual, virtual platform welcomes Black artists and allies at all stages in their careers. Open Space exists for meaningful dialogue, discourse, and debate about matters affecting the field. Past topics have included disparities and opportunities in funding, activism in the arts, and well-being. Each episode consists of a panel of 3 to 4 artists, 1 host, and 1 co-host (5/6 persons total). Additional artists will submit questions in real-time. Observers from the community are welcome. Episodes last 90 minutes with loose parameters to keep it engaging and fun. For more information visit: https://www.iabdassociation.org/page/openspace

Meet the Artist with Tommy Hensel, Moraine Valley Community College Fine & Performing Arts Center

FUNDarte presents Out in the Tropics 2020: A Conversation with Dancer & Choreographer Pioneer Winter

FUNDarte presents Out In The Tropics 2020, a yearly performing arts series featuring artists that address issues of gender politics, sexuality, and LGBTQ identity. This year, in celebration of its 11th anniversary, this program series will support two local artists with a subsidy for development of new works. In response to the pandemic, Out in the Tropics 2020 will shift its project activities this year from live performances, and instead award two Miami-based artists with a subsidy and residency to support the development of new works. Choreographer and dancer Pioneer Winter will present a video compilation of his work and an introduction to his new piece DJ Apollo. More information: https://fundarte.us/fundarte-event/out-in-the-tropics-2020-2/

Dance Magazine - October 2020

“Birds of Paradise” Awarded NEFA’s national dance project production and map fund support!

Birds of Paradise is a dance-theater work directed by Pioneer Winter, enacted as a ‘tropical militia’ of queer-identifying South Florida dancers, performance artists, and designers. Motivated by the forced anonymity of queer resistance, it rejects an abridged gay history that memorializes efforts of some and erases others. Multiracial and intergenerational engagement will purge praise and protest, celebration and rage, within a shared physicality that draws imagery from military and pride marches, drag pageantry, and other radical forms of assemblage. Birds of Paradise seeks out a new mythology to gain control over both the story and rhythm by which we march - or fly. Birds of Paradise premieres October 2020 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida.

pioneer winter collective is a dance magazine “25 to watch” for 2019!

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Pioneer Winter Collective performs “Reprise” at Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival - San Antonio, Texas

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