Repertoire
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Sombreristas
Premier: June 2021
Direction and Choreography: Omar Román De Jesús
Lighting Design: Chad Jung
Costume Design: John Ahrens
Music: Los Tupamaros
*Video courtesy of Bruce Wood Dance
Boca Tuya presented Sombreristas at PRISMA International Dance Festival (Panama) and Encuentro ENDANZANTE, (Colombia). This engagement was supported by our donors and Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman Foundation. Sombreristas was originally commissioned by Bruce Wood Dance, Dallas, TX.
Cielo Elena
Premier: April 2022
Direction and Choreography: Omar Román De Jesús
Direction and Cinematography: Xhon Dang
Lighting Design: Christopher Chambers
Costume Design: Omar Román De Jesús
Original Score: Jesse Scheinin
Creation and production of Cielo Elena were made possible by generous support from the Baryshnikov Arts Center and Boca Tuya’s individual donors.
Like Those Playground Kids at Midnight
Premier: January 2020
Direction and Choreography: Omar Román De Jesús
Music: Songs My Mother Taught Me from Gypsy Melodie, Op. 55 by Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
Lighting Design: Dominic Iacono
Footage: Dalton Shotwell
Like Those Playground Kids premiered at the 2020 Chop Shop: Bodies of Work Contemporary Dance Festival, Seattle, WA. This engagement was supported by the festival and the generosity of our individual donors.
Los Perros del Barrio Colosal
Premier: February 2020
Direction and Choreography: Omar Román De Jesús
Direction and Cinematography: Drew L. Brown
Music: Homenaje al Gran Lucho by Lucho Bermúdez
This work was made for dance film and live performance
Los Perros del Barrio Colosal was an outstanding effort to create art during Covid-19. Los Perros del Barrio Colosal brought home first place from the Palm Desert Choreography Festival. Originally created for the screen in 2021, Los Perros del Barrio Colosal, has been viewed by audiences in over 20 countries and was awarded Best of Screen Dance International and Best Choreography and Best Narrative of ReThink Dance Film Festival. Since 2021, Omar’s work has additionally toured to ENDANZANTE (Colombia), PRISMA International Dance Festival (Panama), Masdanza (Canary Islands).
Our PRISMA engagement was supported by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman Foundation and our individual donors. The film was originally commissioned/presented by Chop Shop: Bodies of Work.
Daniel
Premier: May 2017
Direction and Choreography: Omar Román De Jesús
Costume Design: Mark Grieringer
Original Score: Gerson Orjuela
Daniel was originally created as part of Parsons Dance's GenerationNOW program to support emerging choreographers during their 2017 Joyce Season. This contemporary piece is inspired by an eye opening interaction during educational outreach activities working with young children on the Autism spectrum. The work explores the youthful and uninhibited pursuit of joy.
Muerte Cotidiana
Premier: July 2021
Direction and Choreography: Omar Román De Jesús
Lighting Design: Jordan Wardach
Costume Design: Jill Peterson
Set Design: David Tatu
Music: Tchaikovsky
Footage: TINA
Muerte Cotidiana was originally commissioned by Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA and it was made possible thanks to the Pomare/Connor Memorial Endowment Fund.