Helanius J. Wilkins is an award-winning choreographer, performance artist, artivist, and educator who engages artmaking to forge paths towards social change and equitable landscapes. Helanius enjoys creating, presenting, and receiving commissions for choreography throughout the United States and abroad. He has choreographed and directed over 60 works, including two critically-acclaimed musical productions for Washington, DC’s Studio Theater – “Passing Strange” (2010) and “POP!” (2011). He founded and artistically directed EDGEWORKS Dance Theater in Washington DC, a dance company predominantly of Black men that existed for 13 years. EDGWORKS was the primary repository for his choreography from 2001 – 2014.  

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