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| Bronx Artist Spotlight Series
Special Project OUT OF LA NEGRURA / OUT OF BLACKNESS featuring OUT OF LA NEGRURA Sita Frederick, Anita Garcia (aka Rokafella), Marion Ramirez and Awilda Sterling-Duprey are four Latina artists who have all previously created work for Pepatian¹s South Bronx-based performance project, the Bronx Artist Spotlight series. Their work references a variety of Afro-Caribbean-Latino dance forms (Orisha, Salsa, Hip-Hop, Afro-Cuban, post-modern) and dance theater. OUT OF LA NEGRURA is a one-hour presentation with each choreographer showing 10-15minutes of work. Audience Q&A to follow. Residency activities include panel discussions, dance workshops and community outreach. Their work speaks to Latino and non-Latino audiences alike. Each is interested in reaching into mainstream America to show the full spectrum of Afro-Caribbean-Latino experience. Latin culture is not just what is in popular media. These artists feel their Latino dance roots steeped in urban life are ready for greater interaction with people around the country so that all continue to exchange and grow beyond any limitations. They incorporate other disciplines into their work: visual art and installation (Awilda), text and installation (Sita), singing and spoken word (Rokafella), and all are gifted teachers. OUT OF LA NEGRURA is a chance to introduce four unique Latina choreographers to new audiences and explore an Afro-Caribbean-Latino world from their very contemporary perspective.
Pepatian, a twenty-year old South Bronx-based arts organization dedicated to creating, presenting and supporting contemporary Latino art, would support the project¹s booking and further development. For more information,
BIOGRAPHIES Sita Frederick is a choreographer, dancer, actress, singer, teacher based in New York City. She has performed with Merian Soto Dance and Performance and Urban Bush Women and is currently on the national tour of Dora the Explorer Live! Sita is a recipient of Aaron Davis Hall's Fund for New Work and will be presenting BitterSuite on their E-Moves program Spring 2004. She is a founding member of Aretyos, an artist¹s collective that organizes events celebrating the Indigenous and African roots of Dominican arts and culture. Rokafella (Anita Garcia) began dancing at the age of sixteen and loves every style of Hip-Hop dance as well as Salsa, House and African dance. She has been featured in videos and a number of shows in the New York area. With her husband Kwikstep, she co-founded Full Circle Productions and co-directed a Hip-Hop dance theater show based around city living entitled Soular Power'd in which she shared her dance, poetry and singing talents. She believes in the positive energy found in the struggle of everyday life. Marion Ramirez was born in Puerto Rico where she initially trained in ballet, pantomime, flamenco and modern. She later performed and toured Puerto Rico and Cuba with postmodern choreographers Viveca Vazquez, Myrna Renaud,and Petra Bravo. In 1997 she moved to London where she completed her BA in dance, choreography and education at the Laban Centre. Marion was a founding member of the futuristic and sci-fi Red Dragon Company and toured UK and European festivals. Currently, she studies Contact Improvisation and has been part of Merian Soto Dance and Performance since March 2003. She has shown her choreography at the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, BAAD!/Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance, Brooklyn¹s White Wave Dance Festival and at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Awilda Sterling-Duprey
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