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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.

Pedra reside en Minneapolis, Minnesota, donde le otorgan la McKnight Fellowship de Coreografía en 2022. Su solo, TRANSUBSTAN, es una performance y galería experiencial desarrollada en territorio soberano indígena, Guna Yala. Su proyecto infantil, Drag Story Hour, produce obras que cruzan medios artísticos para el entretenimiento pedagógico. Desarrolla un trabajo de drag y burlesque para personas mayores de 18 años. En 2019 recibe la Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship y estrena su obra Holy Doña, una re-imaginación de la crucifixión como un ritual draglesque queer. Da clases de movimiento y artes a infancias y a personas con discapacidades de todas las edades, desde el 2016; y ha colaborado/producido con Winona State University (su alma mater), University of Minnesota, Augsburg University y la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

www.vivalapepa.org

Nude body presses into rock formation in desert landscape.
1Pedra Pepa, Rio Negro, Argentina, 2022. Photo: Celia Argüello.
Performing Arts
10-3-2023

Tectonic Dissociation / Disociación Tectónica

Pedra Pepa, Celia Argüello
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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