HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE THEATRE

IN COLLABORATION WITH
HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE THEATRE
& DANZA FLORICANTO/USA
PRESENTS

Permalink EXPULSION East LA- Saturday, March 16th 7:00pm! 
Permalink EXPULSION- MARCH 16, 2013, 7:00PM Free public performance on three stories of scaffolding in the vacant lot at East 1st Street and North Boyle Avenue across from the historic Boyle Hotel and Mariachi Plaza de Los Angeles! Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre collaborates with Danza Floricanto/USA to present Expulsion! The two Los Angeles dance companies will fuse their distinctive choreographic styles – site-specific work and traditional Mexican folk dance – into a dynamic intersection of the contemporary and traditional worlds.    
Permalink Gema Sandoval’s Danza Floricanto/USA is the proud recipient of the 1994 and 1995 Lester Horton awards for staging of traditional dance, the year 2000 CAC fellowship award in dance, and in 2001 the Irvine Foundation’s California Dancemaker’s Fellowship in Dance In 2004 the company and choreographer were awarded a grant from the New England Foundation of the Arts’ National Dance Project to create Fandango Without Borders.  Floricanto was granted the Irvine Foundation’s From Creation to Performance 2006 Award for the creation of “Un Zapateado Chicano.”  Her latest production, Alma Llanera-Spirit of the Plains, inspired by Rudlofo Anaya’s novel Bless Me Ultima, has toured throughout California and is scheduled to be part of the company’s offerings during their 40th Anniversary season during 2013-14.
Permalink Founded in 1975, Danza Floricanto/USA is the oldest existing professional Mexican folk dance troupe in Southern California. From an Aztec ritual to the vibrant fiestas of today’s Jalisco, from the Spanish-influenced tropics of Veracruz to the conflictive realities of the Chicano experience, Danza Floricanto/USA presents the bold, colorful panorama of its Mexican heritage as it interacts with its American reality. 
Permalink Danza Floricanto/USA, under the direction of Gema Sandoval, has recreated the movement, costume, and song of 17 different regions of Mexico, and over half a dozen works on the Chicano experience which celebrate cultural identity for the Mexican American community and the immigrant experience for the rest of America. This award-winning, 36 year old company has been enthusiastically received on tour throughout California and the American Southwest. 
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Permalink Expulsion Portland Curbside Conversations Panelist: Flora Sussely- Writer, Publicist, and Singer As the daughter of a Chilean actor and Mexican pianist, Flora spent her childhood in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago and Los Angeles. She trained in bel canto and went on to work as writer and producer of television, radio, later on becoming a columnist and critic. Since moving to Portland from Los Angeles, twelve years ago, Flora has worked in non-profit cultural arts programming, film, advertising and is currently performing and working as publicist for several producers, performers and performing arts companies, including Luciana Proaño Dance. She is the mother of one son who is also a performance artist.
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Permalink Expulsion Portland Curbside Conversations Panelist Bryan Suereth -Executive Director of DISJECTA Contemporary Art Center Bryan Suereth is founder and director of Disjecta Contemporary Art Center. Established in 2000, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center aspires to present forward-thinking work from visual and performing artists. Disjecta provides a professional platform in which artists can realize their best work and engage new audiences. Dynamic programs showcase new work and fuel collaborations between artists, curators, and viewers that impact and intervene in the larger contemporary arts dialogue. Disjecta exacts equal rigor from local and national artists, while keenly recognizing and supporting the talent of the region. Bryan Suereth is founder and director of Disjecta Contemporary Art Center. Established in 2000, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center aspires to present forward-thinking work from visual and performing artists. Disjecta provides a professional platform in which artists can realize their best work and engage new audiences. Dynamic programs showcase new work and fuel collaborations between artists, curators, and viewers that impact and intervene in the larger contemporary arts dialogue. Disjecta exacts equal rigor from local and national artists, while keenly recognizing and supporting the talent of the region.