Rebeca Hernandez
Choreographer & Dancer
Upcoming Shows:
Rebeca is happy to announce that she was accepted to the MFA Program in Experimental Choreography at the University of California, Riverside. She will be starting the program on Fall of 2015.
She will be performing for a graduate program composition class in UNSCENE:
http://events.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?comp_id=43658:20151203190000&unit=147
Memorias de un No Abrazo for DanceSTORM at Culver Center of the Arts.
Rebeca will be presenting Memorias for DanceSTORM. DanceSTORM is a dance festival geared towards fostering a network between and creating visibility for a diverse group of women directors in experimental dance and performance.
The event will be held over two days on Friday June 26th and Saturday June 27th 2015 in downtown Riverside at host-site Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts with performances each evening from 5-6:30 PM.
COFFEEHOUSE DANCES curated by choreographer Keith Glassman.
Rebeca will be presenting Memorias de un No Abrazo alongside choreography by Louie Cornejo, Laurel Jenkins and Rachel Lopez. The dance makers squeeze thirteen explosive dancers into these intimate cafe surroundings to realize an eclectic range of movement artistry. All the performances are free. See more than one show and check out the cool cafes! The dances may be a little different in each locale, too . . . .
- Saturday, 4/18 4:00 pm UnUrban Coffee House 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica 90404
- Saturday, 4/25 7:30 pm Coffee Connection 3838 S. Centinela Ave., Los Angeles 90066
- Saturday, 5/2 8:00 pm Sabor y Cultura 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 90028
Artistic response to the disappearance of the 43 normalistas of Ayotzinapa
On February of 2015 Hernandez will be curating a series of performance art and dance shows in Mexicali, Mexico and San Diego State University/ IV Campus. She will invite L.A-based performance artists Dino Dinco and Rafa Esparza to respond artistically to the Ayotzinapa events that took place in Guerrero, Mexico this past September. No Dejen de Buscarme will premiere here. The performance will take place at the Steppling Art Gallery of San Diego State University/Imperial Valley Campus in Calexico, California as well as in an empty lot in Mexicali- hosted by the art venue Escritorio de Procesos. The Q and A for the Mexicali performance will take place at the headquarters of Escritorio de Procesos.
Friday February 13, 3pm. Steppling Art Gallery at SDSU/ Imperial Valley Campus
Saturday February 14, 4m. Lote valdio: Avenida Luis Alcerrega 2058, Colonia Ex-Ejido Orizaba.
Waterfall
Nick Duran in collaboration with Rebeca Hernandez
Saturday, September 27th
12:30 to 5:30pm
The Gamble House Main Stairwell
4 Westmoreland Pl, Pasadena, CA 91103
Free
Duran embodies falling water in a dance for the staircase, inspired by the hallway’s framed embroidery.
Contemporaries' Avant-garde Bash
Rebeca will be performing with choreographer Allison Wyper Friday, September 26 6:30 - 10 PM.
Performances by artists Lenae Day, and Christy Roberts as well.
There will be a hosted bar with signature "Contemporaries" cocktails and delicious bites
$100 Single | $150 Double ($150 per person at the door)
Play the L.A. River
Site-specific dance performance at Marsh park as part of the opening of the Play the L.A. River launch.
Beasts
Curator Amy Converse has invited Rebeca and Victoria Wolfe to choreograph and perform a new piece at Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood for Beasts; with visual artists Candice Lin and Marina Roy. Performance, exhibition and feast will take place August 23 at 7pm.
Made in L.A
Rebeca will be perfroming Memorias de un No Abrazo on Friday August 8th at 5pm and on Saturday August 9th at 12pm for Made in L.A 2014 as part of James Kidd Studio Gold Stage at the courtyard of the Hammer Museum.
Memorias de un No Abrazo premiered in Mexico for the dance festival Performatica on April 2014.
Building: A Simulacrum of Power
Rebeca will be performing a choreography at The Unfinished, an obelisk-shaped piece by the L.A River. The performance will take place on Sunday August 4th at 6:45pm. This performance is in collaboration with performance artist Rafa Esparza.
http://clockshop.org/buildingasimulacrumofpower.html#8242014
Foro Performatica
Rebeca was selected to participate in Foro Performatica in Puebla in April 2014. She will be teaching, performing and showing her short dance film, Jaripeo Cabaret.
Foro Performatica is an event that brings an international group of practicing dancers, choreographers, theorists and teachers of movement based work.
NECK will be performed on Saturday, November 15 at Back to the Grind
Coffee in Riverside, California.