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Uprooted... Pero Replantado

Premier: February 12, 2015, UCI Etude Ensemble
Length:
Dancers: 1 woman, 4 men, plus Ensemble
Available for Re-staging:  Yes
Categories:  Large Ensemble


Choreography:  Donald McKayle
Music:  Lila Downs, Excerpts from "Border"
Staging:  Bret Yamanaka
Costumes:  Kathryn Wilson
Lighting:  Kenneth Keith


Uprooted... Pero Replandado deals with undocumented immigrants to the United States.  I observied them being American yet carrying their cultural heritage and genetic memory and their upbringing by hard working families grateful for the opportunities available to their children.  I choose to name this dance in the two languages because I believe in the richness of the cross influences between them.
                                                                                                                                        - Donald McKayle
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