Collection Title: From Aztec to High-Tech : the performance video collections of Guillermo Gómez-Peña & La Pocha Nostra, 1985-2004
Title: The dangerous border game
Date: 1996 Mar
Location: Performed at Dance Place, Washington, D.C., in Mar. 1996.
Work Type: Performance., Performance art., Border art., Theater., Sideshow., Reverse anthropology.
Credits:
Kim Chan, producer ; Abel López, producer ; Nola Mariano, producer ; Guillermo Gómez-Peña, producer, creator ; La Pocha Nostra, producer ; Washington Performing Arts Society, producer ; GALA Hispanic Theater, producer ; Roberto Sifuentes, creator ; Kathleen Gallivan, stage manager.
Cast/Performers:
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Roberto Sifuentes, Quique Avilés, Michelle Parkerson, B. Stanley, Sylvana Straw, Cristina King-Miranda.
Run-time (hh:mm:ss): 01:20:12
Language: In English, Spanish, and Spanglish.
Synopsis: This theatrical performance art piece is the product of a five-year ongoing collaboration between Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Roberto Sifuentes, and a troupe of Washington, D.C. performance artists. Presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society and GALA Hispanic Theater, this 'multi-cultural, end-of-the-century, post-NAFTA, freak show extravaganza' blends narrative, poetry, dance, rap, and performance art in a multi-lingual exploration of cross-cultural, border-crossing issues and debates on multicultural fears and desires, stereotypes, diversity and identity. La Pocha Nostra (www.pochanostra.com) is an ever-morphing trans-disciplinary arts organization, founded in 1993 by Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Roberto Sifuentes, and Nola Mariano in California. The objective was to formally conceptualize Gómez-Peña's collaborations with other performance artists.It provides a base (and forum) for a loose network of rebel artists from various disciplines, generations and ethnic backgrounds, whose common denominator is the desire to cross and erase dangerous borders between art and politics, practice and theory, artist and spectator. As of June 2006, members include performance artists Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Violeta Luna, Michelle Ceballos, and Roberto Sifuentes; curators Gabriela Salgado and Orlando Britto; and over thirty associates worldwide in countries such as Mexico, Spain, the UK, and Australia. Projects range from performance solos and duets to large-scale performance installations including video, photography, audio, and cyber-art. La Pocha collaborates across national borders, race, gender and generations. Their collaborative model functions both as an act of citizen diplomacy and as a means to create ephemeral communities of like-minded rebels.The basic premise of these collaborations is founded on an ideal: If we learn to cross borders on stage, we may learn how to do so in larger social spheres. La Pocha strives to eradicate myths of purity and dissolve borders surrounding culture, ethnicity, gender, language, and métier. These are radical acts.
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Copyright Holder: Guillermo Gómez-Peña & La Pocha Nostra
Contact: Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Address:
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
2940 16th Street
Suite 110
San Francisco, CA 94103
U.S.A.
Phone(Business): +1-415-863-2441
Phone(Fax): +1-415-863-2160
Email: pocha@pochanostra.com
Website: http://www.pochanostra.com