Marcel Martin bka "Kariz Marcel" is a New York-born, Baltimore-Virginia raised music producer and social entrepreneur. His roots sprouted from 90’s Hip-Hop, Go-Go (DC) and Baltimore Club Music. In 2008 he founded Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services. A after school program that took place in Baltimore, DC and New York during it 10 years in business.
A Father's Gift
A Father's Gift: In 1965, there was a war between India and Pakistan and Bilal wanted to know "Why is there all this hate?" This is the true story of a special gift Dr. Bilal Ahmed, a Pakistani Muslim, received from his father when he was thirteen. He offered his story as a gift to storyteller, Noa Baum, to shape and retell.
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A album fully produced by Kariz Marcel featuring over 40 artists, teaching artists, and musicians from Baltimore. This project started in the height of the Freddy Grey riots. I began calling musicians over my house to create "revolutionary Party Music". These were difficult times for our city. As artists and music makers the best way we could translate our emotions was to record! This is what came out of a 2.5 year project.
Medium: Music
Year: 2015-2022
Details: Approximately 50min run time
Chamego Bom
Music from Northeast of Brazil.
Year: 2017
Tribute to Jobim
Year: 2018
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Haley Wilt is a Cumberland, MD-based choreographer, teacher, and performer. She is a Maryland native and began her dance training at a young age. Haley recently graduated from Seton Hill University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a concentration in choreography. She specializes in partnering and contact choreography, while teaching a wide range of styles that include modern, contemporary, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and street jazz/jazz funk.
Bird Dance
Learning from the magic tricks that a bird can dow with its feathers to attract a mate, Bird Dance uses elements of that seduction to create an entrancing and transformative experience for its viewers. Fan-shaped performance objects were used to make the mask worn appear larger. A mechanism was created so that patterns on the fans can be changed during the performance, emulating the transformative feathers of a bird.
Medium: Acrylic Paint, Cardboard, Craft Paper, Glue, Velcro
Year: 2021
Details: 3:23 min
Mrs Beepbilibop's Cooking Show
Mrs. Beepbilibop's Cooking Show is a satire on the culture of learning from YouTube videos during the pandemic. It is a cooking show that is shot in a YouTube Cooking tutorial format to highlight the difference between reality and expectations. Mrs. Beepbilibop embodies the universal frustration of living and making during a pandemic as a housewife who 'fails' at making a simple onion soup with noodles.
Medium: Cardboard
Year: 2020
Details: 6:29 min
Transforming Masks
Transforming Masks is a dance that slowly reveals the layers of identity that one wears. There are three layers of masks worn on the body of the performer. The movements are supposed to resemble gestures of shielding and punching, which represent the defensive attitude one has towards concealing and revealing their identity. At the same time, the artist realizes that these movements speak to something older - the Tang-ki ritual he watched with his grandmother as a child.
Medium: Acrylic Paint, Cardboard, Craft Paper, Glue, Velcro
Year: 2020
Details: 4:06 min