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*current project
“Spanky” is a devised choreo-play that wrestles with issues of identity, family, and queer love. Dramaturgically grounded in stories from my tia Patricia’s life, this performance draws on dance, theater, and performance art practices to examine the experiences of Latina lesbians in the 1970s and 80s.
Performed by Nadia Milad Issa and Amelia Rose Estrada
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Co-Directed and Choreographed by Amelia Rose Estrada
Co-Directed by Holly Bourdon
Presented by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University. Adapted by Kwame Kwei-Armah & Shaina Taub. Music and lyrics byt Shaina Taub. (click title to see video)
Photo by Maggie Hall
Como Las Hortensias (Like the Hydrangea Flowers) explores themes of Dominicanidad, intergenerational relationality, and the laboring Caribbean woman through the story of my grandmother, Minica’s, life. This is an in-process work currently under development.
Presented by Hogfish Farm-to-Stage Series and SPACE in Portland, Maine (click on title for video)
CarmXn
Presented by Hogfish
Directed By Edwin and Matt Cahill
Co-Choreography by Lindsey Bourassa and Amelia Rose Estrada
Garden Party
A dance film that explores magical realism through movement.
Music by Alisa Amador
Performed by Natalie Gainer and Amelia Estrada
Musical Composition by Jong Seok Lee
Performed by Shakea Alston, Amelia Estrada, Sophie Gray-Gallaird, Marion Kudla, Gabe Hearn-Desaultes, Ian Palmer, Nora-Simon Thorne
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Music: Glosoli by Sigur Ros and Imitosis by Andrew Bird
Paintings by Michael Carson
Dancers: Gabe Hearn-Desautels*, Marion Kudla*, Sophie Gray-Gaillard, Ian Palmer, Amelia Estrada
*Soloist
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