kNoname Artist | Roderick George
The Grave’s Tears
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The Grave’s Tears is a full-length choreographic work that confronts the legacy of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the ongoing erasure of Black and queer lives. Expanding from Venom (2024), it explores generational trauma, systemic neglect, and the violence of being forgotten. Haunting and skeletal in movement, the piece is a physical elegy shaped by memory and spirit. Snow falls throughout as a metaphor for erased bodies and unmarked graves. Guided by the voices of Black queer cultural ancestors, the work is both a mourning and a refusal to disappear—insisting on presence, resistance, and the power of remembrance.
The Grave’s Tears
Artistic Director & Choreographer: Roderick George
Music: Jace Clayton
Lighting Designer: Tanja Rühl
Associate Lighting Designer: Connor Sale
Costume Design: Lauren Carmen
Rehearsal Director: Daniel Harder
Cast: TBC
Worldwide Representation: Pomegranate Arts
The first iteration of the production was commissioned by Gibney as part of the organization’s DoublePlus program for the 2023-2024 Season, curated by Gibney Center Artistic Director Nigel Campbell and Kyle Abraham.
The Grave’s Tears was developed as part of the Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence program and the support of New York Live Arts, Williams College and the Schwarzman Center at Yale University and Pomegranate Arts. Additional residency support provided by La Villette – Paris.
kNoname Artist – Roderick George is a 2025 NDP Finalist Grant Award recipient. Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation in support of The Grave’s Tears and to address continued sustainability needs.
The production received support from the National Performance Network Creation & Development Fund.
The Grave’s Tears is commissioned by Le Manège, Scène Nationale – Reims.
Produced by kNoname Artist in collaboration with Pomegranate Arts.
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