Feb 2 and 3 at 8pm, Feb 4 at 2pm
Lenora Lee Dance presents two world premiere works marking its 15th Anniversary Season, In Visibility and Convergent Waves: EP. Both works use dance, narrative storytelling, video and archival images to impart the lived experiences of migrants and justice workers as they fight to change the policies that both historically and currently criminalize immigrants, separate families and contribute to generational trauma.
"In Visibility" is an immersive piece inspired by the organizing to stop the prison to ICE detention pipeline in California. The 15-minute work opens the evening, making use of Dance Mission's common spaces: the lobby, hallways, studio and stairway, focusing on the separation of families and mass detention of immigrants as forms of incarceration. It serves as a meditation on reconciliation and restorative justice, speaking to the power of individuals and communities to transcend.
"Convergent Waves: EP" (45 minutes) highlights experiences of Chinese and Latin American migration in El Paso,TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico over the decades and as Title 42 came to an end in May 2023. The piece is narrated through the voices of those living in these cities for generations, as well as those working on the ground providing resources and support for the individuals and families crossing the border.
The performers/dance collaborators of Lenora Lee Dance are Victoria Amador, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Sebastian Le, Gilberto Martinez Martinez, Johnny Huy Nguyen, and Catalina O'Connor. Music collaborators are Tatsu Aoki, Helen Palma and Francis Wong, with media and graphic design collaboration by Olivia Ting.
Lee's deeply researched work is the culmination of hours of interviews conducted among organizers, performers, community members, families and individuals with various points of contact with the immigration complex in California, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso.
$25-$60.
Presented by Lenora Lee Dance.
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Lenora Lee Dance presents two world premiere works marking its 15th Anniversary Season, In Visibility and Convergent Waves: EP. Both works use dance, narrative storytelling, video and archival images to impart the lived experiences of migrants and justice workers as they fight to change the policies that both historically and currently criminalize immigrants, separate families and contribute to generational trauma.
"In Visibility" is an immersive piece inspired by the organizing to stop the prison to ICE detention pipeline in California. The 15-minute work opens the evening, making use of Dance Mission's common spaces: the lobby, hallways, studio and stairway, focusing on the separation of families and mass detention of immigrants as forms of incarceration. It serves as a meditation on reconciliation and restorative justice, speaking to the power of individuals and communities to transcend.
"Convergent Waves: EP" (45 minutes) highlights experiences of Chinese and Latin American migration in El Paso,TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico over the decades and as Title 42 came to an end in May 2023. The piece is narrated through the voices of those living in these cities for generations, as well as those working on the ground providing resources and support for the individuals and families crossing the border.
The performers/dance collaborators of Lenora Lee Dance are Victoria Amador, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Sebastian Le, Gilberto Martinez Martinez, Johnny Huy Nguyen, and Catalina O'Connor. Music collaborators are Tatsu Aoki, Helen Palma and Francis Wong, with media and graphic design collaboration by Olivia Ting.
Lee's deeply researched work is the culmination of hours of interviews conducted among organizers, performers, community members, families and individuals with various points of contact with the immigration complex in California, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso.
$25-$60.
Presented by Lenora Lee Dance.
Feb 2 and 3 at 8pm, Feb 4 at 2pm
Lenora Lee Dance presents two world premiere works marking its 15th Anniversary Season, In Visibility and Convergent Waves: EP. Both works use dance, narrative storytelling, video and archival images to impart the lived experiences of migrants and justice workers as they fight to change the policies that both historically and currently criminalize immigrants, separate families and contribute to generational trauma.
"In Visibility" is an immersive piece inspired by the organizing to stop the prison to ICE detention pipeline in California. The 15-minute work opens the evening, making use of Dance Mission's common spaces: the lobby, hallways, studio and stairway, focusing on the separation of families and mass detention of immigrants as forms of incarceration. It serves as a meditation on reconciliation and restorative justice, speaking to the power of individuals and communities to transcend.
"Convergent Waves: EP" (45 minutes) highlights experiences of Chinese and Latin American migration in El Paso,TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico over the decades and as Title 42 came to an end in May 2023. The piece is narrated through the voices of those living in these cities for generations, as well as those working on the ground providing resources and support for the individuals and families crossing the border.
The performers/dance collaborators of Lenora Lee Dance are Victoria Amador, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Sebastian Le, Gilberto Martinez Martinez, Johnny Huy Nguyen, and Catalina O'Connor. Music collaborators are Tatsu Aoki, Helen Palma and Francis Wong, with media and graphic design collaboration by Olivia Ting.
Lee's deeply researched work is the culmination of hours of interviews conducted among organizers, performers, community members, families and individuals with various points of contact with the immigration complex in California, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso.
$25-$60.
Presented by Lenora Lee Dance.
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Lenora Lee Dance presents two world premiere works marking its 15th Anniversary Season, In Visibility and Convergent Waves: EP. Both works use dance, narrative storytelling, video and archival images to impart the lived experiences of migrants and justice workers as they fight to change the policies that both historically and currently criminalize immigrants, separate families and contribute to generational trauma.
"In Visibility" is an immersive piece inspired by the organizing to stop the prison to ICE detention pipeline in California. The 15-minute work opens the evening, making use of Dance Mission's common spaces: the lobby, hallways, studio and stairway, focusing on the separation of families and mass detention of immigrants as forms of incarceration. It serves as a meditation on reconciliation and restorative justice, speaking to the power of individuals and communities to transcend.
"Convergent Waves: EP" (45 minutes) highlights experiences of Chinese and Latin American migration in El Paso,TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico over the decades and as Title 42 came to an end in May 2023. The piece is narrated through the voices of those living in these cities for generations, as well as those working on the ground providing resources and support for the individuals and families crossing the border.
The performers/dance collaborators of Lenora Lee Dance are Victoria Amador, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Sebastian Le, Gilberto Martinez Martinez, Johnny Huy Nguyen, and Catalina O'Connor. Music collaborators are Tatsu Aoki, Helen Palma and Francis Wong, with media and graphic design collaboration by Olivia Ting.
Lee's deeply researched work is the culmination of hours of interviews conducted among organizers, performers, community members, families and individuals with various points of contact with the immigration complex in California, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso.
$25-$60.
Presented by Lenora Lee Dance.
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