The Journey to Art With A Purpose

My non-profit organization R.Evolución Latina concluded tonight the 2015 Beyond Workshop Series. It's been so rewarding seeing this students grow.  The BWS started February 23rd at The National Dance Institute for Learning & the Arts, and had its' first student sharing as part of the dance program on March 6th under the direction of Rickey Tripp and Gabriela García.  The second part of the program, started March 9th focused on Shakespeare and Voice and concluded tonight with a presentation of the students work.  Seeing them take the risks and go beyond in every artistic and human step is something that I can not really measure at the moment. I must wait a bit and see the result of the planted seeds in them.   The first 2 weeks of the program was focused on dance, ensemble building and expanding cultural exchange under the idea of Daring to Go Beyond. It's been 8 years now that R.Evolución Latina has been promoting community empowerment ...

Zuccotti Park , a new musical about the human side of economics has been selected for the final rounds of Venus/Adonis 2015 festival after running to full house on each performance. Here is what some amazing audience members had to say: "For the last 7 years, I've been lucky enough to come to NYC and see the most amazing shows. This year, I saw a show that impacted me far greater than any show had in a long time, and it wasn't even on Broadway! ZUCCOTTI PARK which is playing at the Robert Moss theater is an original work with Music by Vatrena King and Book and Lyrics by Catherine Hurd . The show deals with the OCCUPY MOVEMENT held in Zuccotti Park. The work had a "staged reading" at the Woodland Opera Hous e in which I was lucky enough to play a few of the parts, and when I had heard that it was accepted in the Venus Adonis Theater Festival AND was being directed and choreographed by the other worldly talented Luis Salgado , I HAD to go. Now b...

  Theater: Musicals Zuccotti Park   As posted in Backstage : Casting notice expires:  January 10, 2015     Company: Salgado Productions Luis Salgado : Director/Choreographer, Heather Hogan : Production Supervisor  Production Description : Zuccotti Park a new musical by Catherine Hurd (book & lyrics) & Vatrena King (composer) will be part of the 2015 VENUS/ADONIS Theater Festival in NYC . Cooper, a soldier on leave from Afghanistan, meets up with former childhood neighbor, Kate, at Zuccotti Park, where she is part of the Occupy Protests. He gets caught up in a scuffle between protesters and police, and ends up in jail with Kate. Cooper soon discovers that Kate has changed quite a bit since their Iowa days, and they disagree on almost everything. Throughout the play, we learn the back-stories of the protesters as well as the points of view of people who profit f...