Brenda Barrios Muñequita Muy Muy Drawing inspiration from her experience as a first-generation Mexican American, Brenda Barrios ‘ Muñequita Muy Muy blends cultural symbolism, queerness, and disability into a celebration of healing and visibility. Barrios uses sculpture, dance, song, and storytelling to bring life-size replica dolls and a motorized truck onstage alongside live musicians and…
Chica Barbosa Marilyn Times Chica Barbosa’s Marilyn Times revisits the legend of Marilyn Monroe through a Latin American lens to question what might be possible when an icon is liberated. The performance stages a dream-state encounter between three characters: Norma Jeane (the woman), Marilyn Monroe (the myth), and Bia Borinn (the performer). Inspired by Brazilian playwright Sergio Roveri’s play…
Chica Barbosa Marilyn Times Chica Barbosa’s Marilyn Times revisits the legend of Marilyn Monroe through a Latin American lens to question what might be possible when an icon is liberated. The performance stages a dream-state encounter between three characters: Norma Jeane (the woman), Marilyn Monroe (the myth), and Bia Borinn (the performer). Inspired by Brazilian playwright Sergio Roveri’s play…
Chica Barbosa Marilyn Times Chica Barbosa’s Marilyn Times revisits the legend of Marilyn Monroe through a Latin American lens to question what might be possible when an icon is liberated. The performance stages a dream-state encounter between three characters: Norma Jeane (the woman), Marilyn Monroe (the myth), and Bia Borinn (the performer). Inspired by Brazilian playwright Sergio Roveri’s play…
CalArts Winter Dance Festival features commissioned works from choreographers Brigette Dunn-Korpela (Choreography MFA 14), Crystal Jackson-Singletary, Rosanna Tavarez, and Odessa Uno (Dance BFA 19) performed by the students of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance. As distinct voices in contemporary dance, these choreographers consider how the next generation of diasporas dance. Each artist…
CalArts Winter Dance Festival features commissioned works from choreographers Brigette Dunn-Korpela (Choreography MFA 14), Crystal Jackson-Singletary, Rosanna Tavarez, and Odessa Uno (Dance BFA 19) performed by the students of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance. As distinct voices in contemporary dance, these choreographers consider how the next generation of diasporas dance. Each artist…
“Recital” and “citation” share the same root: cite. For Mindy Seu, the recital becomes a practice of embodied citation, where research is transformed into collective performance. A Recital of Citations restages two performances alongside a reflection on the lecture performance as an artistic form and its relationship to polyvocality. Seu begins with an augmented reality reading of her book…
“Recital” and “citation” share the same root: cite. For Mindy Seu, the recital becomes a practice of embodied citation, where research is transformed into collective performance. A Recital of Citations restages two performances alongside a reflection on the lecture performance as an artistic form and its relationship to polyvocality. Seu begins with an augmented reality reading of her book…