​Remi Harris is a performer, choreographer, curator, producer, and arts administrator. She has developed an approach that combines a cross-disciplinary perspective with an intuitive sensibility and deep love for developing art-based relationships. Her creative career in New York is decorated with performances and collaborations, both formal and experimental; with contemporaries and trailblazers; on stage, in film, art, on tour, on rooftops, at demonstrations, on terrible floors, and on ice skating rinks.
Her projects have been featured at Abrons Art Center, Brooklyn Studios for Dance, Danspace Project, Teatro La Tea, Triskelion Arts, Judson Church, The Mark O'Donnell Theater, The Brick Theater, Thalian Hall, Spark Dance Film Festival, Triskelion Dance Film Festival, and the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington North Carolina among others.
She has collaborated with and performed for Racoco/Rx, Sydnie L. Mosley, Christal Brown/INSPIRIT, Katie Workum, Kay Ottinger, Keigwin + Company, Lois Welk, Sxip Shirey, an d Coco Karol, Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born among others. Along with mover Mark Schmidt, she has been making dances collaboratively since 2018 under the performance collective JoyFlux. With an ethos of “Come as You Are,” Remi and Mark create site-specific performances, community activations, movement workshops, and evening-length work.
She is currently the Programs Specialist for the NY State Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI), a program of NYS DanceForce, supported by the NYS Council on the Arts (NYSCA). She has held positions as the Associate Artistic Director of HERE Arts Center, the Education Coordinator at Ballet Hispanico, and the Co-Director of Brooklyn Studios for Dance (BkSD). She advocates for dance equity as a member of several art collectives and committees. She graduated from Hofstra University with a BA in Dance on scholarship.
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Born in Barbados and raised in Brooklyn, she remains closely connected to and curious about her roots.
Producing +
Project Management
I support emerging, mid-career, and established artists to develop clarity in sustainable ways so they can focus on their artistic practice. My work includes producing, project management, marketing strategies, event planning, administrative support, grant writing, media kit preparation, and more.
Residency Support +
Facilitation
I support new and established artistic residencies at all stages to develop clarity in sustainable ways so they can focus on their artistic practice. My work includes creation and support for residency applications, consultations, leading information sessions, marketing, panel selection, and review, support for artists throughout the residency, project management, event planning, tracking data, extensive research around equitable artistic adjudication processes, and more.
Movement Direction +
Choreography
I have led master classes, residencies, and workshops for movers at all levels with many different styles and approaches. I've also directed site-specific work, installations, and photo shoots working closely with directors and performers and collaborating with the creative team to realize the physical life of work.
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