Co-Artistic Directors, Gesel Mason and Joel Valentín-Martínez
EQUINOX presents compelling new choreography that showcases the virtuosity of student dance company Dance Repertory Theatre. Through a blend of movement and emerging technologies, EQUINOX explores the power of dance as a means of expression, storytelling and social commentary. Witness original works by faculty members Gesel Mason and Joel Valentín-Martínez and student choreographers London Lack and Daniela Albert, which invite audiences to reflect on what it means to be alive in the world today.
PERFORMANCES
April 1 at 7:30 p.m. (PREVIEW)
April 2-4 at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a student matinee performance for K-12 students on April 3, 2026. If you are an educator interested in purchasing group tickets to our student matinee, email TADticketing@austin.utexas.edu
About the Co-Artistic Directors
Gesel Mason is Artistic Director of Gesel Mason Performance Projects and Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. As a choreographer, performer and artist scholar, she uses dance and performance as a vehicle to examine the human condition and challenge the status quo. She was a member of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Ralph Lemon/Cross Performance Projects. Curated and performed by Mason, her solo project, NO BOUNDARIES: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers, celebrates the work and legacies of ten choreographers: Kyle Abraham, Robert Battle, Rennie Harris, Dianne McIntyre, Donald McKayle, Bebe Miller, David Rousséve, Reggie Wilson, Andrea E. Woods Valdés and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. In 2020, in collaboration with Rebecca Salzer of Dancing Digital, the No Boundaries Archive Project was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Advancement grant to support its evolution into an innovative, sustainable and accessible archive. Mason utilizes dance, theater, humor and storytelling to bring visibility to voices unheard, situations neglected or perspectives deemed taboo. A 2020 recipient of a New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project Production Grant, Mason’s work has been presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, American Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival and Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Joel Valentín-Martínez toured throughout the world as a dancer with Garth Fagan Dance from 1990-2003. Valentín-Martínez’s most recent choreographic commissions include Last Dance (2023) for Serafín Aponte in Mexico City; Dear Brother (2023) with Toronto’s KasheDance; otros dias de guardar (2022) and De aquí, de allá (2019) with Mexico City’s Barro Rojo Arte Escénico and #rupturapasaje2 (2019) for Andanza Compañia Puertorriqueña de Danza Contemporánea.
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Street parking closest to the F. Loren Winship Drama Building can be found along Dean Keeton Street.
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