Place-Making with AB Miller, 2020

In January 2020, we partnered with A.B. Miller High School’s Level II Conservatory of Dance (led by Rosa Rodriguez-Frazier)and the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for our inaugural  program.  Due to COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, our program was postponed just one week before our scheduled public performance.  The program was restructured and we continued to offer support and guidance to students as they shifted from site-specific dance > site-specific dance at home for film.

The students drew inspiration from the concepts developed at the Maloof site, and the resulting footage (shot and edited by the students, many of whom have no editing experience) is evidence of their team work, creativity, perseverance, and resilience in a time of uncertainty, change, and isolation.

 

Student Performances

Miranda Ramirez And Yamile Castro, Perspectives

Steven Sayson, Observe

Faith Lopez, Zea Negrete, Viridiana Zaragoza, Lemon Home

Erica Gasca, Retrospective: Mi Vida Completa

Melanie Chavez and Kelly Alvarez, Like Singing Opposites

Mariah Jones & Jennifer Sandoval, Obligations