Presented by the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Where: Kaufman 200, 120 Westwood Plaza
When: Monday, January 29, 2024, 2:30-5 pm
Free and open to the public.
Join the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance for a film screening of Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers Merián Soto and Viveca Vázquez.
Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996 is a documentary about Rompeforma:Marató n de Baile, Performance & Visuales, the experimental Latinx dance andperformance festival that took place in Puerto Rico from 1989-1996.
Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996 features dozens of performances and commentary by many current leaders of the field, and some who have sadly passed. The film intends to inspire younger generations of Latinx artists and cultural activists by providing evidence of the rich creative and artistic contributions of Latinx to the American avant-garde.
Fenomenal preserves, and makes available, the repertoire of a generation ofLatinx experimental dance, performance, and curation often overlooked and/or forgotten by historians, scholars, and practitioners in the field, to confront the elusive amnesia and appropriation by mainstream players, with respect to the(unexpected) work of Latinx experimental dance and performance artists.
