Our Team
Dr. Fahamu Pecou
Dr. Pecou is the founding Director of the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA).
He is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose works combine observations on hip-hop, fine art, and popular culture. Pecou’s paintings, performance art, and academic work address concerns around contemporary representations of Black men and how these images impact both the reading and performance of Black masculinity. Dr. Pecou exhibits his art worldwide in addition to lectures and speaking engagements at colleges and universities.
Pecou's work is featured in noted private and public national and international collections including; Smithsonian National Museum of African American Art and Culture, Societe Generale (Paris), Nasher Museum at Duke University, The High Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Paul R. Jones Collection, ROC Nation, Clark Atlanta University Art Collection and Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia.
Raianna C. Brown
Raianna is the Founder and Artistic Director of Komansé Dance Theater (KDT).
Raianna Brown, 2018 Georgia Tech alumna, exhibits the dynamism of the modern young professional through her multidisciplinary work. While at GT, Raianna studied dance through dual enrollment at Emory University.
While still in undergrad, she founded Komansé Dance Theater. Komansé’s sold-out shows integrated technology and the arts in partnership with the GT Industrial Design School (projection mapping) and GT Invention Studio (3D printed costumes). The shows centered on the narratives of marginalized people, with the most recent production created in partnership with Covenant House, a homeless shelter servicing at-risk youth.
Raianna has worked with the NAACP, the Atlanta Mayor’s Office, and Grammy-nominated artists, including dancing alongside Shakira and Jennifer Lopez in Super Bowl LIV.
Cast and Crew
Composition
“PERMANENT: EW, SN” by Maestro Jason Ikeem Rodgers
Choreography
Raianna Brown
Krump Choreography
Sean ”Mawdur” Diagre Jr.
Dewayne “TeamDarkSkin” White
Production Design
Ta Nycia Wooden
Dr. Fahamu Pecou
Set Design
Ta Nycia Wooden
Dr. Fahamu Pecou
Raianna Brown
Kamryn Harris
Drapery
A Touch of Drapery
Costume Design
Ta Nycia Wooden
Danielle Swatzie
Kamryn Harris
Chika Okonkwo
Solo in Wieland Pavilion, High Museum of Art
Musician - Stephen Lawrence, Violinist
Dancer - Takia Hopson
Komansé Dance Theater Staff
Raianna Brown - Founder Artistic Director,
Komansé Dance Theater
Lindsay Renea Benton - Rehearsal Director
Ta Nycia Wooden - Director of Internal Affairs
Nia Hall - Production Assistant
Tony DeBerry - Production Assistant
Samuel Brown - Photographer
Chelsea Burks - Photographer
Janay Jones - Production Assistant
Komansé Dance Theater Dancers
Soloists (in order of appearance)
Takia Hopson
Dominique Steele
Brionna Willams
Raianna Brown
Brianne Sellars
Krump Duet
Sean ”Mawdur” Diagre Jr.
Dewayne “TeamDarkSkin” White
Duet
AC WIlson
Akeem Edwards
Ensemble
AC Wilson
Akeem Edwards
Brianne Sellars
Brionna Williams
Camille Atere-Roberts
Chealsea Stevens
Dominique Symone
Devon Morgan
Erin Burch
Jada Willis
Kiara Ayres
Lenataa Goka
Nyisa Elia Casado
Patsy Collins
Ricardo Garcia
Raianna Brown
Rochelle Phillips
Takia Hopson
Andries Payne
Danielle Swatzie
Zoe Carter
Orchestra Noir Staff
Maestro Jason Ikeem Rodgers - Founder Artistic Director
Keisha J. Rodgers - President of Operations
Virginia T. Lam - stage manager for Orchestra Noir
Orchestra Noir Musicians
Stephen Lawrence, Violin
Chris Mosely, Violin
James Reeves, Violin
Renita Humphrey, Violin
Michael English, Viola
Dionne Davis, Viola
Camille Johnson, Cello
Brianna Scott, Cello
Christina Gilkes, Bass
Tia Roper, Flute
Courtland Walters, Clarinet
Willie Jaxx, Trombone
Averil Taylor, Trumpet
Teddy Hall Jr., Percussion
African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta
Dr. Fahamu Pecou - Founding Director
Stephanie Fleming - Project Manager
Constance Sherese - Events and Programming Intern
George Gomez - Brand Designer and Board Member
Production
Raianna Brown - Creative Director, Co - Director
Kamryn Harris - Co-Director, Branding Director
Kristian Melom - Cinematographer, Editor
Helen Simrill
Joel Adrian harris
Micah Stansell
Evan Williams
Natrice Miller - Photographer
Joseph Walls, Lighting Designer
Mel Berg, Lighting Design Assistant
Special Thanks To
A Touch of Drapery
Verve Productions
J. Walls Designs
Atlanta Ballet
Chika Okonkwo
Juel D. Lane
Joan Vernon
George Gomez
Heather Infantry
Esohe Galbreadth
Ryn Productions
RCB Productions
Price Performing Arts Center
Anthony Burrell Center for Dance
George Staib
CMB Global Partners