BEST STAGE DIRECTOR NOMINEE
The 2023 Chicago Reader Awards
Weléla Mar Kindred has been nominated by The Chicago Reader for Best Stage Director for "Elastic Mind." "Elastic Mind" has also been nominated for Best Play, Best Tech Design and Best Playwright - Christian Alexander.
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Gallery LKC
2449 W 79th St, Chicago
Opening December 8, 2022 - Spring 2023
a rebirth of / pleasure
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Gallery LKC
2449 West 79th Street, Chicago
Enquiries: gallerylkc@gmail.com
THE L V M B COLLECTIVE
Say: L A M B
Artists make the worst slaves! ®
The L V M B Collective (pronounced L A M B) believes in an ever-evolving market of contemporary dance, tech spaces, global brands and culture. The possibility to disrupt, inspire, innovate and tell a different story - keeps LVMB at the creative forefront of dance, tech, theater, cinema and sustainability.
kneeling under a table of rain / secrets told / earth is learned / animals meditate
L V M B
their souls constituted / a freedom of dried fragrances / prayer language
TECH X CREATIVE DIRECTION
We are a collective of artists x directors who embrace creativity. Our conceptual sensibility and design capabilities - offers human relationship before demographics, courage before culture and storytelling as a new social sanctuary.
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.
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Client: Matthew Rolston Studios
Director: Mei Dong
Choreographer: L V M B
CLIENTS
adidas
Bronzeville Winery
The Silver Room
Cannes Film Festival
Aveda
Paul Mitchell
MTV
Matthew Rolston Studio
Francis Lawrence
Puma
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Ford Models
Le Tigre Yoga Paris
Sony Paris
Acote + Cotelac Paris
Art Africa Journal South Africa
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
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
STUDIO HOURS
By Appointment Only
Mon - Thur: 8am - 6pm
Fri: 8am - 2pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: 10a - 3p
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FOUNDER
Weléla Mar Kindred is an American artist, who uses rich creative language to express humanity through dance, tech, cinema and stage.
W E L É L A M A R K I N D R E D
Short - 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
Weléla Mar Kindred was born and raised in Southern California. Her mother is a dancer, mathematician, and musician - she inspired Weléla to hone the gift of movement. Her father is a retired biologist/photographer and lover of music - both parents are avid art collectors. Her name was given to her by her Ethiopian godmother - which translates in Amharic to the sweetest part of the honeycomb. Weléla's extended family is currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Weléla began her career studying ballet, theater and musical theater with the St. Joseph Ballet Co, Alvin Ailey, The Orange County Black Actors Theatre under the direction of Adeline Hunter & Zondra Ann Marshall and The Centre National de la Danse Paris, FR. She continued her theater and television work with The Santa Monica Playhouse, NBC Studios and The Lorraine Hansberry Players. During her undergraduate studies, she was awarded the Dean's scholarship to study Cinema and Performance Art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Later when she resided in New York, she was awarded the Dance New Amsterdam Choreographer Lab Artist in Residence {New York}. She later relocated to Paris for seven years - where her work was featured in the FRASQ Festival, Sony France and Nuit Blanche. After returning to the states, she received an NYU and Harvard Fellowship in Black body politics based on her writings and research which were featured at The University of Johannesburg and those writings and research were featured in Art Africa.
Weléla is committed to creating top-tier works for cinema, stage and curated tech projects through a feminine BIPOC lens. Not only has her extensive dance and theatrical knowledge been paired with her conceptual art background, she has acted, produced and directed for the stage (Best Stage Director Nominee - The Chicago Reader). Weléla has choreographed for film and commercial projects in fashion, music and tech globally. Weléla is currently working closely in femtech in the African space and is the founding creative director of The LVMB Collective and WMK Ventures.
She currently resides in Chicago and is represented by Le Casting Parisien.