Jacklean (in rehearsal)

In Jacklean (in rehearsal) choreographer Mariana Valencia and musician Jazmin “Jazzy” Romero improvise dance, sound, and text to propose that the rehearsal process can be the performance. Drawing on their shared Latina identity—Valencia’s Guatemalan, and Romero’s Salvadorian and Mexican descent—this piece considers their queer, Brown, and first-generation immigrant experiences. Valencia’s dance draws on everyday gestures, social dance, freestyle,...