More Information About 4x4: Latina/o New Works

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http://www.highwaysperformance.org

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Friday, September 30, 2011 at 8:30pm:
Marcos Najera’s 
Brown Oxygen/Oxigeno is a collection of monologues performed through movement and metaphor that explore the inner workings of the Latino mind and people of color. The project asks the question: where do mental health problems and mood disorders originate inside our heads? Collaborators include Leslie Ishii (voice), Allison Wyper (movement), Debra Piver (acting), Dorinne Kondo (dramaturgy), Luis Alfaro (text) and Juliette Carrillo (direction).

Karen Anzoategui’s SER: L.A. VS. B.A is a transnational queer tale of choosing between Buenos Aires: the soccer mecca burning in her heart, and Los Angeles: the land of peace and plenty.  Caught in the middle of her parents’ tumultuous match they call marriage, as a kid Karen is kicked back and forth between L.A. and Buenos Aires. In adulthood she has to choose between the soccer mecca burning in her heart, home of her personal saint Maradona and L.A., the immigrant dreamland of peace and plenty.  In the middle of it all she fights her way out of dresses and into soccer gear, and faces yet another question: Who will be the object of her affection, the boys on the field or the girls in the stands? Soccer fanaticism, sexual identity, domestic violence and political repression make SER a unique story of the dilemmas of the transnational Latino experience.

Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8:30pm:
Soul Lab Dance Project weaves together individual pieces by members Stephanie Castro, Marina Magalhães and Arianna Taboada into a new multi-media dance theater work.

Christine Suarez choreographs and performs in Mother.Fucker., a solo and self-portrait of her own transition into motherhood. Her words punctuate moments that range from mundane observations to profound surrenders.  Her movement both devours space and rigorously spirals in on itself.  With Mother.Fucker., Suarez reveals a personal narrative that sheds light on the absurd and poetic life of a mother.

About the Ticket Supplier: Highways Performance Space

Highways Performance Space is Southern California's boldest center for new performance. Founded in 1989, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages fierce new artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.

Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms. Our mission is implemented through four programs (the performance space, workshop/university program and two galleries). Annually, Highways co-presents approximately 250 performances by solo dramatic artists, small theater groups, dance companies and spoken word artists; curates and exhibits approximately 12 contemporary visual art exhibits per year with work that explores the boundaries between performing and visual art forms; commissions and premieres new work by outstanding performing artists; organize special events, curate festival, offer residency and educational programs that engage community members in the arts while providing access to professionally-directed instruction.