How To Be A Visitor
American Dance Festival
WORLD PREMIERE
Concept by Tommy Noonan
Commissioned by the American Dance Festival
Produced by Culture Mill
Technology & Live Video Designer: Carl Faber
US Lighting Designer: Carl Faber
A multimedia experience connecting performers and audiences across three continents through live-streamed movement, storytelling, sound, & poetry.
Performed simultaneously in:
USA: American Dance Festival, Heyden Theater, Durham, NC
Uganda: National Theatre of Uganda, Kampala
Norway: Svartdalen Forest, Oslo
Text, Creation & Performance:
Cortland Gilliam, Jassem Hindi, Edgar Kanyike, Frank Mugisha, Tommy Noonan, Caitlyn Swett
Premiere: June 21, 2025
Production Manager: Myra Weise/Proxemic Media
US Sound Score: Caitlyn Swett with Tommy Noonan
US Embodied Dramaturgy Advisor: Murielle Elizéon
US Photography Installation: Rode Díaz
Uganda Sound Score: Rako Gynius
Uganda Costume Design: Frank Mugisha
Uganda Production Assistance: Hassan Onegurwoth
Photography: Ben McKeown, Anna Maynard, Carl Faber