About the Artist

The Company’s name, Fist and Heel, is derived from enslaved Africans in the Americas who reinvented their spiritual traditions as a soulful art form that white and black authorities dismissed as merely ‘fist and heel worshipping'.

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group is a Brooklyn-based dance company whose mission is to create, research, develop, and present new performance work that investigates the intersections of culture and movement practices. The Company’s body-of-works draw from the spiritual and mundane traditions of Africa and its Diaspora; Fist and Heel believes in the potential of the body as a valid means for knowing.

The choreography of Reggie Wilson displays rigor, structure and craft in a postmodern dance vernacular. His choreography expands the limitations of textbook definitions of ‘black dance’ and range from strict dance pieces to full, all-inclusive performance art pieces with arranged vocalizations, text, and inclusion of other media. Fist and Heel’s performance works strive for authenticity and respect of Reggie Wilson’s creative vision.

Accessibility & Content Considerations

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This event is appropriate for ages 7+

Nudity

Audience Interaction

This performance is open to kids younger than 7 at the discretion of parents/guardians.

Please note that the performers can be seen by the audience when they are doing costumes changes. There is no nudity, but there is skin/flesh revealed. Personal discretion advised.

Covid-19 Safety policy

This event does not require proof of vaccination to attend or masks to be worn