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Author: Pedra Pepa Pedra Pepa

Pedra Pepa (Caracas, Venezuela) resides in Minneapolis, Minnesotas, where they received the McKnight Fellowship for Choreography in 2022. Their solo, TRANSUBSTAN, is a performance and experiential gallery developed in the sovereign indigenous territory of Guna Yala. Their children’s project, Drag Story Hour, produces performances that cross artistic mediums for pedagogic entertainment. They develop draglesque performances for 18+ audiences. In 2019 they received an Inaugural Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship and they premiered their obra Holy Doña, reimagining the crucifixion as a queer performance ritual. They have been an educator for children and folks with disabilities of all ages since 2016; and has collaborated/produced with Winona State University (alma mater), University of Minnesota, Augsburg University and Universidad de Puerto Rico.

www.vivalapepa.org

Many bodies entwined and bathed in green light.
1ORGIE, Entrenar la Fiesta, 2017. Photo: Nicolas Dodi. Editing: Julián Dubié.
Performing Arts
8-24-2022

Eruption of the Possible/Erupción de lo Posible

Pedra Pepa
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