WELÉLA MAR KINDRED
For over 3 decades artist, actress, dancer and site-specific choreographer Weléla Mar Kindred - continues to inquire the global human experience within cinema, television, digital media and public art.
L V M B
Say: L A M B
Artists make the worst slaves!
kneeling under a table of rain / secrets told / earth is learned / animals meditate / you knot my wet dress in ethiopia
KING / ECHO / DOGS / PROSTITUTES
Our Story
so the king died
the king's ghost / lightening laughed she sang of lust and rage begotten to the new dead age
their souls constituted / a freedom of dried fragrances / a language beaten into their shiva moons / sing me a song : break stones / battle one
Founded in 2009, L V M B began as a collective to promote the work of collaborating artists. After living and working in Paris from 2009-2016, Weléla became an advocate for women's health and established Löv Yoga - an eco-conscious brand.
Her work embodies site-specific performances, video, writings - as well as creative projects in cinema, digital media and streaming - collaborating with brands in beauty and fashion.
L V M B
CHOREOGRAPHY
Performance pieces using movement are not just about dance, but how you feel while creating it. Skin to skin, body to body - each work, or experience we create is one of imagination, collaboration and a sense of surrender.
Each work has made an impact on our clients - every project we ensure details are seamless, all aspects are imaginative and handled in a timely manner. Whenever you work with L V M B you can be sure your project will be radical, profound and honest.
ART X CREATIVE DIRECTION
We are a collective of artists x directors x makers who embrace creativity. We practice organic flow, sometimes the project has narrative, sometimes the work doesn't have an end. We collab, we believe there is no bad idea. We're pretty proud of the journey thus far.
FEATURED COMMERCIAL
Fashion + Commercials
L V M B Choreography
One of our most recent works.
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Client: Matthew Rolston Studios
Director: Mei Dong
Choreographer: L V M B
CLIENTS
Cannes Flim Festival
Le Tigre Yoga Paris
Sony Music
Acote + Cotelac Paris
Art Africa Journal
Contemporary Art of Ghana
Chale Wote Festival
ARTISTS
Past Collaborators:
Poet: Ladan Osman
Artist: Krista Franklin
Artist: Abdullah Khan
Guest dancers invited upon request.
PARTNERS
Studio partnership with LVMB
AGNC: Digital Brand Identity Creators
Websites + Animation + Digital Brand Identity Services
In Support: The James Baldwin Estate {New York}, Le Collectif James Baldwin de Paris.
Centre National de la Danse
Menagerie de Verre
Le Centquatre
Micadanses
Artistic Grant Support:
The International Association of Blacks in Dance
The Dance Resource Center
The Tides Foundation
Cover Photo: Genevieve Marie ©2020
STUDIO HOURS
By Appointment Only
Mon - Thur: 8am - 6pm
Fri: 8am - 2pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: 10a - 3p
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Bookings, questions and special projects - please fill out form.
Weléla Mar Kindred
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OUR FOUNDER
W E L É L A
Formal Bio:
Definition: lamb noun /’lam/ : a young sheep : lamb of God : an innocent or gentle person
Examples of lamb : She’s as gentle as a lamb.
Synonyms of lamb : angel : dove : innocent
Antonym of lamb : wolf
L V M B: LVMB’s objective is to interrogate western identity and Afro-anthropology, the relationship between the physical and philosophical praxis of post-colonial metanarratives, digital and abstract. Set apart from the traditional danse company, Lamb is a collective founded by site-specific choreographer Weléla Mar Kindred and developed by a tribe of visionaries. Beyond danse, Lamb embraces human rights and body politics while fostering a social-sanctuary.
Ms. Kindred’s work probes into the hubris of the racialized body. As the founding creative director of
L V M B {pronounced L A M B} it is imperative that the collective explores spontaneous movement of humanity.
Born and raised in southern California, she was awarded the Dean's scholarship to study Film / Performance Art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has also been awarded the Dance New Amsterdam Choreographer Lab Artist in Residence and Artceb Suriname Artist in Residence. She lived in Paris from 2009-2016 reconstructing and layering ideas of the body, surrender and fragmentation where her work was featured in the FRASQ Festival, Nuit Blanche and the Chale Wote Festival {Jamestown, Ghana}. Through site-specific performances and installations she received a NYU / Harvard Fellowship and the Tides Grant. Her writings have appeared in Art Africa Journal and Vivimus Magazine.
Performance Bio:
Weléla Mar Kindred was born (November 10, 1975) and raised in the southern California area. She began training as a dancer at the local YMCA in Santa Ana, California in 1980, and also became a part of a young theater group for children of color - The Lorraine Hansberry Players under the direction of Adelaine Hunter. Soon after she became a member of The Santa Monica Playhouse theater company in Santa Monica, California and Mrs. Hunter's adult touring company of artists of color from 1985-1989. While training in dance, she became a pre-professional ballet student at The St. Joseph Ballet Company under the direction of Beth Burns from 1986-1989. As a rare talent - Weléla can play roles on either side of the law, and is dedicated to telling stories which reflect the global creative landscape.
As a world traveler, actress, site-specific choreographer and strong technical dancer, she worked in theater throughout Ghana and Europe for 7 years and has commercial representation in Paris. Upon returning to the states she was invited to South Africa by NYU - affiliated with Dr. Henry Louis Gates of Harvard to present work based on Body Politics of Color. As a NYU Fellow, this work later was featured in the South African arts and culture periodical - 'African Art Journal.'
Big budget, art-house or indie - her talent cannot be denied. As the founder of The LVMB Collective, she is prepared to align to the highest level of creativity and global diverse storytelling.