Louis DeVaughn Nelson

Louis DeVaughn Nelson is an interdisciplinary artist and the founder Hokum Arts started in 2006. Nelson has worked for 20 years as a performer, choreographer, producer and director for film, theater, dance and more. His works have been shown in USA, Europe, Australia and South Korea. He has studied at DeSales University, Drexel University, The New School, The Jeanne Ruddy School of Dance, The Koresh School of Dance, and is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America.




Intimate partner violence, racism, sexuality, discrimination, bigotry, misogyny and the marginalization of class and social systems are frequent topics of Nelson's film and dance theater work. His most notable pieces were included in his three-part dance theatre series satirizing sociopolitical warfare and sensationalism in the media in America entitled "Human Error" (2007), "Man Bites Dog" (2010), and "Until Proven Guilty" (2018). In all of these works he used innovative methods combining several media/disciplines - collaborating with photographers, filmmakers, fine artists, and performing artists.



Since the pandemic – he has directed six theatre/dance productions for ZOOM, YouTube, and Twitch with an aim to push the envelope in this time of burgeoning new media. He currently resides in New York City and is happy to be creating interdisciplinary live and in person again. His recent #SisWhiteMaleNYC encapsulates the progression of Nelson’s oeuvre and serves as a quintessential example of his aesthetic and voice as a Queer Black Artist.



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Credits Include: The English Theater Berlin, The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, The Festivale! GLBT Arts Festival, The Philly Dance Collective, CEC's New Edge Mix Festival, The Peekaboo Revue, The HOT! Festival, Hearts on the Wall by Dark Matter Productions, The FailSafe Festival, Sans Limites Dance Festival, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, The Secret Theatre, Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, Dixon Place, Sitting Shotgun Theatre Co., Village Playwrights, Bloodline Dance Theatre, Exquisite Corpse Company, Musical Theatre Factory/Poetic Theatre Productions, Miami Queer Collective, The Tank NYC, Teatro Milagro, Ignition Arts, Regina Opera Company, KNOW Theatre, The Center at West Park.