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Join the "Body and Tech" and "Dance Compositions" course for a movement and creation workshop with Merián Soto.

Merián Soto, a Puerto Rican dancer, choreographer, video artist, and filmmaker, is the creator of Branch Dancing and Modal Practice, two innovative aesthetic-somatic dance methodologies. Her work explores and reflects on Latinx heritage, history, and culture, while addressing the ongoing legacy of colonialism. Soto’s artistic practice also includes experiments with Salsa and the Branch Dance Series, which encompasses a diverse range of performances—on stage, in galleries, in nature, as well as through video installations and year-long seasonal projects.

Soto has received numerous prestigious awards, including a BESSIE Award (2000), the Greater Philadelphia Dance and Physical Theater Award “ROCKY” (2008), a Pew Fellowship in the Arts (2015), and the United States Artists Doris Duke Fellowship in Dance (2019). She currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she is a Professor of Dance and Curator of the Reflection/Response Choreographic Commission at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. Her current projects include La Escuelita Fenomenal (with Viveca Vázquez), ongoing collaborations with Eiko Otake and Silvana Cardell, and Legacy Unboxed, an archival and exhibition project with Liz Lerman, Jawolle Zollar, Joanna Haigood, and Eiko Otake.

Film Screening: "¡Fenomenal! Rompeforma 1989–1996"
Followed by Q&A with the directors Merián Soto and Viveca Vázquez

Thursday, April 10 at 5:00pm
Film Forum, Schwartz Center

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