November 10th at 7:30 PM

HEctor Canonge:
altibajos (ups & downs)

ALTIBAJOS (Ups & Downs), is a dance-theater performance that calls for reflection on ancestral heritage, cultural integration, and identity politics. In these times of social conflict and inadequacy. Canonge’s allegorical embodiment of transformation and resilience makes a much needed call for radical change

This will be performed as part of a double bill with Asia Stewart: Retail Therapy

About the artists

Hector Canonge:

HECTOR CANONGE is an American artist of Catalan and Bolivian descent. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Canonge spent his childhood in Bolivia, and grew up in New York City. His work incorporates various forms of artistic expression: Performance Art, Experimental Dance, Butoh practice, and Socially Engaged Art. His projects explore constructions of embodiment, spatial relations and ritualistic somatic manifestations. His dance projects have been featured at Triskelion Arts, Green Space, Boston Center for the Arts, HOWL Gallery, Queer Butoh Festival of NYC, Movement Research at the Judson Church, La Guardia Performing Arts Center, Queens Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, BAAD, and La Mama among others. His performances and media installations have been presented and exhibited widely in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia.