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Repertoire

Full works and professional choreographic demo reel are available upon request.  Please email us at info@bocatuya.com

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.

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