"Mi baile en casa" depicts the central place of home in our dance experiences, and how this has held an ever-growing, more familiar space for many children to express themselves throughout the pandemic. This screendance was filmed remotely throughout the early phases of COVID-19 and is reflective of the space that the 11-year-old dance student, Ruby Castillo, resided in during this time. Commissioned by Ballet Hispánico for Noche Unidos, a virtual fundraiser, the film premiered on June 30, 2020
"Ruido", Spanish for noise, looks at the body as voice, and the concept of the body in action serving as a ruido.The film is inspired by the life and work of Boricua Spanish Dance Artist Sandra Rivera and the multifaceted nature of Spanish Dance.This screendance premiered as part of "Descubrimiento: Voice, Place, Identity" on April 13, 2019 at El Barrio's Artspace PS109 in East Harlem, NYC.
"Descubrimiento: Voice, Place, Identity" premiered at El Barrio's Artspace PS109 on April 13, 2019. Created as a Latinx artist collective, the immersive performance unfolds through film, embodied oral history performances, interactive screen-dance, and soundscapes. These artistic mediums work interdisciplinarily across the Latinx diaspora to challenge the welcoming and disinviting, loving and violent images by which the body becomes known.
"Mi baile en casa" depicts the central place of home in our dance experiences, and how this has held an ever-growing, more familiar space for many children to express themselves throughout the pandemic. This screendance was filmed remotely throughout the early phases of COVID-19 and is reflective of the space that the 11-year-old dance student, Ruby Castillo, resided in during this time. Commissioned by Ballet Hispánico for Noche Unidos, a virtual fundraiser, the film premiered on June 30, 2020