research overview
- Mr. Wilkins’s research is rooted in the interconnections of American contemporary performance, cultural history, and identities of Black men. His projects examine the raced dancing body and the ways that ritual can access forms of knowledge. Intrigued by ideas about indeterminacy in creative process and performance, he approaches performance and pedagogy as means of re-framing perspectives, creative practices, and technical training. In his intermedia collaborations he works with artists from a wide range of disciplines, including film, video, and design. His primary research is unfolding as a multi-year, multi-outcome inter- and multidisciplinary work: The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging. The work will yield new choreographies, a documentary film, a digital archive, and toykit for expanding the sense of connectedness and belonging. He is also continuing the development of FRAMEWORK, a practice for both contemporary dance technique and choreographic process and presentation.