Join us for this exciting one-day modern dance performance in beautiful historic downtown Ventura. Follow dancers through new pathways and engage with the rich history of Ventura. This traveling performance will take the audience on a short walk through several iconic landmarks of Ventura. Performances are from 1:00 pm to 1:25 pm and 3:00 pm to 3:25 pm.
This performance draws inspiration from the tiled fountains, the ancestors of this region, and the gigantic Morteon Fig tree. Similar to the tile pieces, it is only as a whole that we see the unique work of art we all make through our interconnectedness as a society. The goal of this performance is to highlight our differences and what brings us together as a whole to form a community. The ancient Egyptians believed the roots of the fig tree represented the past, the trunk the present, and the leaves and branches the future. Join us on a contemplative walking meditative experience as we witness professional dancers guide us on this journey.
Directed and produced by the founder of Performative Pop-ups, Olivia Mia Orozco Saper with choreography and movement made with the dancers: Jade Barth, Melanie Bizzoco, and Nina Lemus.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes. When you arrive at Mission Park please meet by the tile mural on Main Street in front of the San Buenaventura Mission.
Free all-ages event. Donations are strongly encouraged to support the artists.
211 E Main St. Ventura, CA 93001
Located between S Ventura Ave and Figueroa Street Mall
Free parking lots off of Santa Clara St and throughout the downtown district.
If you wish to donate to this project you can do so through venmo or through eventbrite. We will be sharing more fundraising details soon.
In this work, the desert becomes a canvas onto which two bodies draw the signs of their journey. At the same time, the sand, the rocks, the light, and the vegetation become another body, flowing into an infinite river. A labyrinth where the force of the nomadic and the embrace of roots, dreams, and past meet.
"Below, the endless stones" was recorded in the Mexicali desert, an ancient territory where the Cucapah (“people of the river” in their own language) have established themselves on both sides of the border and are slowly disappearing.
Abajo las infinitas piedras del desierto, montañas de piedras, laderas, infinitas piedras sobre el desierto
como un mar...
Raúl Zurita
"What is intimacy, but a feeling of closeness, trust, and care for the individual self within the confines of a relationship – any relationship? Often used in the context of romantic relationships, Performative Pop-Ups extends this feeling of closeness to its ….well….performative pop-ups. "
Have you noticed the curling of the Marah macrocarpa's (wild cucumber) vines? Twisting and turning across space to grow? Or the cycle of a California Buckwheat flower, from pink bud to rusty chaff? The expression of a plant's life is a constant dance with itself and the environment. Join dancer and choreographer Mia Orozco in the TPF gardens to deepen your relationship to California native plants through dance.
Everyone can learn through movement! This is a class for all ranges, no prior experience necessary. The goal is to practice and embody a language without words. This class will take place across various parts of the TPF gardens inspired by the plants, geography, wildlife and self-expression. Involving individual and group work, with time for reflection and sharing, we ask that students come ready to move and dance!
Please wear closed-toed shoes, bring water and dress for weather. This class involves moving on a steep, uneven path.
For children 12 years old and up.
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