Join PPP's Fridays@2 speaker series for a dance film screening and conversation with co-creator and dramaturg Dr. Patricia Herrera.
The Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series facilitates discussions about the creation and study of performance. PPP welcomes artists from within and beyond the Winship Drama Building, including current students, distinguished alumni and arts leaders from across the country, to share their research and methodology. Up next is a screening of the film Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved followed by a conversation with co-creator and dramaturg Dr. Patricia Herrera.
Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved is a bilingual dance film weaving together shared stories of resistance in Puerto Rico and Richmond, Virginia. Afro-Puerto Rican leader Dominga de la Cruz Becerril (1909-1981) and Puerto Rican feminist Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) guide us through the corridors of time of this tribute to a lineage of resistance against U.S. colonialism.
Patricia Herrera is a community-engaged educator, scholar and artist, who harnesses the power of the arts to cultivate sanctuaries of love, hope, justice and liberation. Her work includes the acclaimed book Nuyorican Feminist Performances: From the Café to Hip Hop Theater (University of Michigan Press) and co-editorship of Sounds Acts, Part 1 & 2. Through digital archives, community exhibitions, films and docudramas, she amplifies voices and stories, shedding light on issues such as segregation, gentrification, educational disparities and HIV/AIDS, particularly within the Latino community in Richmond. Her publications appear in Theatre History, Performance Matters, Theatre Topics, Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, African American Review, Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS and Public: A Journal of Imagining America, among others.
As a dedicated dramaturg, Dr. Herrera has nurtured numerous creative endeavors, from the mixed-media installation Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Bridging Histories of Resistance (2021) to powerful dance performances like Through It All (2022) and We Must Say Her Name (2019). She has contributed to the development of plays such as How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (2020) and Blues for Mister Charlie (2018), and she has lent her expertise to original productions like Threshold (2014), My Life is a Telenovela (2004) and Through My Eyes (1999).
Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved was directed by Puerto Rican dance scholar Alicia Díaz and co-created, in addition to Patricia Herrera, with dance artists Christine Wyatt and Christina Leoni-Osion, interdisciplinary artist Luis Vasquez La Roche, percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez, actor/singer Yaraní del Valle and produced and edited by David Riley. Videography by Departure Point Films. Color and Sound correction by Digital Fruit Snax.
Date
April 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
WIN 2.112
This event is free and open to the public. Snacks will be provided.
A virtual option for attending this session is available via Zoom.
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