Replay: Awilda Rodriguez Lora

On March 5, the local audience that came out for an artist talk by Awilda Rodriguez Lora was treated to an interactive and highly energized monologue in which the Latina performance choreographer opened with humor (she introduced herself next to an archived video of her 1996 appearance as a dancer on Telemundo), closed with a casual Q&A, and in between shared an intimate and absorbing rundown of how her ideas, her practice, and her life have developed over the past 20+ years. Lora left with the bottle of "Sustento" those audience members drank from so unfortunately, we have none of that to share. But we did capture her talk on video. 

The presentation includes some mature content; viewer discretion is advised.

Special thanks to our partners on this presentation: Theresa Delgadillo and Ramón Rivera-Servera. And to our cosponsors: Ohio State’s Latino/a Studies Program; Center for Ethnic Studies; Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Department of Dance; Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy; and Department of African American and African Studies

Photo: Sylke Krell