The core members of global performance troupe La Pocha Nostra will come together on the Carolina campus for a one-week intensive residency to produce a new work-in-progress.They will debut the piece Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. in Swain Hall.
The performance, presented by the department of communication studies in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, is free to the public.
The world premier will bring together seven artists and core members of the group, including Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Michèle Ceballos Michot, Roberto Sifuentes, Erica Mott, Saul García López, Dani d’Emilia and Daniel Brittany Chávez.
Gomez-Peña calls La Pocha “a group of borderless performance artists.”
Founded in 1993 in Los Angeles to formalize Gomez-Peña’s collaborations with other performance artists, La Pocha Nostra is an ever-growing cross-disciplinary arts organization, series of collaborations, and a nonprofit, with branches in Central and South America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. Headquartered in San Francisco, with troupe members living in San Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix, Toronto, Canada, Chiapas, México and Barcelona, Spain, the troupe provides a matrix and a forum for artists of various disciplines, generations and ethnic backgrounds.
Apart from the core members gathering for this residency, La Pocha has more than 30 associates worldwide. Their projects range from performance solos and duets to large-scale, multi-sensory performance installations involving photo, video, sound and projection.
In addition to the support of communication studies, the residency was made possibly by The Process Series, Teatro Latina/o Series, the Provost Committee for LGBTQ Affairs, Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe and the Elsewhere Museum.
For more information regarding the performance call (919) 843-7067 or e-mail Joseph Megel at megel@unc.edu.
