Check out the video recap of Spring ChoreoWreck 2024...whew, what a ride!!!
Spring ChoreoWreck: De/Reconstructing Solo Dances
Micah Parra and Joyce Lien Kushner offer up their solos to the "wrecking" process as part of their choreographic research. Each have invited two other dance/movement artists to play with their work and remake it on their bodies...live, in front of an audience! This is a rare opportunity for audiences to witness the creative process of dance making. Learn more about "wrecking".
Each "wreckee" (Micah / Joyce) has 2 hours to go through the entire wrecking process. The wreckee first presents the original solo. Then their two "wreckers" get 40 minutes each to remake the dance on the wreckee, followed by a showing of the remade dance. Each wreckee session will end with a short "talk back" with artists and audience.
There is a 1 hour break between the two wreckee sessions.
Schedule of Events
10:00am: Greetings & Introduction
10:15am: Wreckee Session #1 - Micah Parra
12:15pm: Wreckee Session #1 Talk Back
12:30pm: Break - snacks & refreshments in Green Room
1:30pm: Re-introduction of Wrecking
1:40pm: Wreckee Session #2 - Joyce Lien Kushner
3:45pm: Wreckee Session #2 Talk Back
*Audiences are free to come and go throughout the entire event. Wristbands provided for re-entry.
Meet the Wreckees
Micah Parra
“I am a person who simultaneously thrives off of and is crushed by criticism, so it’ll be a new and humbling experience to process, learn and adapt, not only in real time, but it in front of a live audience. Dance is sacred and deeply personal to me, any solo I create is coming straight from the heart. For this wrecking I chose two of my close friends, Jessica Rabanzo-Flores and Chelsea Zeffiro, who also happen to be artists. I understand that vulnerability is a skill that needs to be practiced and Joyce has offered a safe space to do that. I look forward to hearing my wreckers raw feedback and feeling their care. It’ll be a special day.”
Micah Parra is a multi-faceted dance and movement artist, originally from Vancouver, WA. She is a current company member of Malashock Dance and collaborator with TILTshift Dance. More about Micah
Joyce Lien Kushner
"I am thrilled to introduce wrecking to San Diego! Ever since I witnessed my first public wrecking up in San Francisco back in 2016, I knew I wanted to share this practice with a wider audience. For Spring ChoreoWreck, I'm bringing a very personal solo work that has already gone through six permutations and one wrecking. "See Me" is a living work, ever changing and evolving as I change and evolve...eventually to be developed into an evening length piece. I have asked two distinct dance makers, Khamla Somphanh and Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao, to come play with my work. Both have strong choreographic viewpoints; both are practiced in directing movement; and both I trust with not only my work, but also my body. I can't wait to see what they do!"
Joyce Lien Kushner is a second generation Taiwanese-American dance artist, maker, and teacher. She is the founding director of TILTshift Dance. More about Joyce
Meet the Wreckers
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao is a socially conscious performer, choreographer and filmmaker using the digital guise of The Thoughtful Beast. Trixi creates work centered on fighting the stigma against mental illness. An active volunteer and advocate for the Filipino American community, she co-founded The Filam Film Collective which focuses o
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao is a socially conscious performer, choreographer and filmmaker using the digital guise of The Thoughtful Beast. Trixi creates work centered on fighting the stigma against mental illness. An active volunteer and advocate for the Filipino American community, she co-founded The Filam Film Collective which focuses on Filipino American representation in the media. Trixi is a current collaborator with TILTshift Dance. More about Trixi
Instagram @thethoughtfulbeast
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores is a dance artist, educator and choreographer native to San Diego. She is a certified trauma-informed personal trainer and founder of her own dance-inspired fitness method Untitled Movement. She choreographs at Mesa College as an adjunct professor. Jessica is also in her second season as a company dancer with Malashock Dance.
Instagram @jessrabaflo
Khamla Somphanh
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao
Khamla Somphanh
Khamla Somphanh is a teaching artist and enjoys making dances, which allows her to share the gift of movement with fellow creatives. This event is her first exposure to “wrecking” and is thankful for the opportunity to explore new choreographic practices. You can find her on faculty at Carlsbad Performing Arts, Inspired Movement, The Kenn
Khamla Somphanh is a teaching artist and enjoys making dances, which allows her to share the gift of movement with fellow creatives. This event is her first exposure to “wrecking” and is thankful for the opportunity to explore new choreographic practices. You can find her on faculty at Carlsbad Performing Arts, Inspired Movement, The Kennedy Center Dance Lab, Lynch Dance Institute, Mounarath Powell Dance and San Diego State University School of Music and Dance.
Instagram @khamlasomphanh
Chelsea Zeffiro
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao
Khamla Somphanh
Chelsea Zeffiro is a performer, choreographer, and educator based in Southern California. Her work is rooted in dance – expanded through experimental and collaborative practices across theatre, design, writing, and film. She believes in the power of dance and performance to help us imagine and enact new ways of seeing and being in the wor
Chelsea Zeffiro is a performer, choreographer, and educator based in Southern California. Her work is rooted in dance – expanded through experimental and collaborative practices across theatre, design, writing, and film. She believes in the power of dance and performance to help us imagine and enact new ways of seeing and being in the world. She is currently faculty at Coronado School of the Arts and the University of the Arts, working between the US and France.
Instagram @chelsea_zeffiro
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