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SUMMARY:New Original Works Festival 2026: Week One
DESCRIPTION:Alfonso Abraham Cervera and Irvin Manuel Gonzalezlas cosa
 s que enter(r)amos\nDrawing on Latinx American social and folk dance\
 , storytelling\, and contemporary dance\, Alfonso Abraham Cervera an
 d Irvin Manuel Gonzalez explore the (im)materiality of belonging in 
 this new dance duet. Partners in life and on dance floors\, they use m
 ovement to tell stories that foreground cuir/queer Mexicanidades. las
  cosas que enter(r)amos centers rhythm\, aesthetics\, and the body as
  sites of memory\, mourning\, and resistance. Set in Latinx nightlife\
 , the duet presents grooving and exchange as living altars that honor 
 past and present cuir/queer lives and transborder movidas (moves tha
 t expand possibilities for worldmaking). Rooted in rascuachismo—a 
 Chicanx working-class aesthetic of creative resourcefulness—the duo 
 dances between remembering and re-membering.\n \nScottie HarveyHole
  Gazers\nHole Gazers is a comedic satire about fantasy\, surveillanc
 e\, and life online. Wearing a Halloween muscle costume\, Scottie Har
 vey plays the role of MAN—a gay porn star—who feels violated whe
 n he finds his likeness is being used in workplace accident prevention
  videos. Alone in his claustrophobic apartment\, MAN begins messagin
 g the anonymous animator\, who has crafted his online avatar\, and ima
 gines an escape from his life through the chat box of their relationsh
 ip. Combining humor\, animation\, and performance\, this piece probes 
 the absurdity and possibility of safety and connection in our slippery
  virtual world. \n \nJeonghyeon Joohow to bathe properly\nhow to 
 bathe properly is a solo work for haegeum\, a two-string instrument\
 , performed in a staged Korean sauna. The piece extends the gesture an
 d sound of bowing an instrument to the repetitive\, vigorous body scru
 bbing offered in a jjimjilbang\, or Korean spa. As water flows onstag
 e\, Jeonghyeon Joo (Musical Arts PhD 2023) turns the private ritual 
 of bathing into a public performance. Proposing that the labor of bein
 g spotless is an endless cycle of erasure\, Joo asks what is left behi
 nd when we attempt to scrub away the history of our own skin. \n \n
 NOW 2026: Week One will be presented as one shared program of all th
 ree works on Thursday\, Friday\, and Saturday. 
URL:https://www.redcat.org/events/now-2026-week-one
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ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="mailto:redcat@calarts.edu";CN=Rolando Rodriguez:
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