Vientos Internos (2020)
Choreography: Joel Valentín-Martínez
Dancers: ElleAnna Casterine, Lydia Dunn, Kristin Hanson, Rose Janusiak, Shannon Nulf, Jenna Segal
Costumes: Duoduo Wang
Lighting: Mary Cole
Music: Latcho Drom – Tony Gatlif – Latcho Drom (Soundtrack)
Paloma Negra by Lola Beltrán – Mexico Gran Colección Ranchera
Ramon by Lex Gitans De Badajoz – Latcho Drom (Soundtrack)
Spanish Key by Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition)
Notes: This works celebrates my Mexican-Spanish family heritage, and at the same time pays homage to all the woman close to me. The compositions is about finding yourself in situations that are sometimes beyond one’s control, it is about how at times one feels defeated, but occasionally finding strength through the examples of others. Finding strength through memories gracefully passed down from one generation to the other.
*Performed at the Power Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI.