IF THIS WAS A PICTURE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE NOTHING (Work in Progress)
December 11, 2023
Performed by: Marjorie Milloria (co-choreographer), Gigi Del Rosario, Jake Dibeler, Lindsay Rowinski
Movement Research at the Judson Church
Photos by Rachel Keane
Through the bodies of first-generation Filipino Americans, I reimagine our folk traditions with frenetic satire. Tube televisions play VHS footage of childhood dance recitals, fictional sitcoms, and Philippine commercials as karaoke singing and cup dancing weave on/off stage. The arena becomes a kaleidoscope of movement, video, and set elements that shaken together illuminate humiliation at its finest. My childhood best friends, Marjorie Milloria and Gigi Del Rosario, perform as my doppelgängers. Our mission is to destroy each other with pizzazz.