Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre Repertory

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COOKIE’S KID (work-in-progress)

Available for touring 2015-16

Cookie’s Kid (work-in-progress) is a new solo work performed by Rosie Herrera herself exploring ecstatic movement to discover what cultural history her body holds. It is a story told through the lens of Herrera’s childhood with a tough-as-nails Bronx mother and a counter-revolutionary Cuban refugee father. Cookie’s Kid uses iconography ranging from Chuck Norris to Walter Mercardo to La Lupe and examines how these seemingly unrelated idols are connected through themes of rebellion, strength, vulnerability and the ethereal.

Cookie’s Kid will premiere May 28-31, 2015 at Miami Light Project.

MAKE BELIEVE (work-in-progress)

Available for touring 2016-17

Deconstructing what it means to believe in magic, Make Believe uses religious iconography to explore themes of love and romance. Specifically investigating religious spectacle and how its themes of paganism, magic and celebrity worship influence our understanding of romance.  With a unique original score influenced by both sacred and pop music, Make Believe will also use film and multi-generational community engagement to create an immersive sacred performance experience.

Originally conceived at The American Dance Festival during a 2013 choreographic residency, Make Believe is anticipated to be full-evening performance. It is set to premiere on Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre in 2015-16.

Applying for 2015-17 NDP support. Please call 919-813-6092 if interested in adding your organization to the application.

DINING ALONE

Dining Alone is an exploration into the deconstruction of empathetic instincts assigned to age, fragility, youth, and isolation. Addressing the inherent drama and comedy attached to food, Dining Alone invites you into the bittersweet and private moments that are amplified by the experience of dining.

MUSIC

Angkor Wat Theme II by Michael Galasso

Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy

Te extrano by Jose Pero

Vocalise by Rachmaninoff

Some Day my Prince Will Come by Adriana

Caselotti Excerpt from the film Seven Year Itch

So This is Love by Ilene Woods and Mike Douglas

Lamentation by Kitka

Hey Joe by Medeski, Martin and Wood

Commissioned by the American Dance Festival with help from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

 

PITY PARTY

Pity Party uses party culture as the context to explore the grieving process and the isolation that’s endemic to adolescence.

 

VARIOUS STAGES OF DROWNING: A CABARET

Using water as a metaphor for the unconscious, Various Stages of Drowning: A  Cabaret recreates dream states using dance, theater, cabaret, and film. The breakout piece by this young choreographer—World Dance Reviews calls Herrera “a magician that twists our emotions” and The Classical Voice of North Carolina says “this work is strange and adventurous…hugely ambitious and skilled in its scope.”

MUSIC

Last Minute of Innocence by Eddie Duane

It’s Cold Outside Ray Charles & Nina Simone

Jump in the Line by Harry Belafonte

My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion

Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn and John

I Wanna be Loved by You by Mutsuhiro Nishiwaki

Lake Osceola by Egg Foo Young

Asleep by The Smiths

Underwater film created by Rosie Herrera in collaboration with Maker and the Made (www.Makerandthemade.com). Commissioned by the Miami Light Project in association with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.