T H E H E R R E R A P R O J E C T
AND THE CREATION OF
J A N U A R Y - M A R C H 2 0 2 0
Rosie Herrera conducted a creative residency with New Dialect from January 13 - February 6, 2020. She began her residency by leading a weeklong dance theater workshop during our annual Winter Intensive (January 13-17).
Following the Intensive, she spent four weeks collaborating with our company dancers in the creation of First Fruit, which premiered at OZ Arts Nashville alongside Banning Bouldin’s The Triangle on February 20-23, 2020.
Nashville Scene described First Fruit as “a playful and often passionate study in human connection and control, featuring vibrant colors and a seemingly endless supply of Post-it notes.”
While she was in town, Rosie also led two workshops built around her creative practice: a theater-game class for students at Hispanic Family Foundation’s Baila Dance Studio and a master class for adults at Centennial Performing Arts Studios.
As part of the Herrera Project, participants from our workshop at Baila were invited to a special dress rehearsal of First Fruit at OZ Arts Nashville on February 19.
Following the premiere at OZ Arts, our plan was to take First Fruit out of the theater for a series of free-to-the-public installations, including one at Plaza Mariachi on March 21. But then COVID-19 thwarted our plans.
F R E E M A S T E R C L A S S w i t h R O S I E
F e b r u a r y 3, 2 0 2 0
Centennial Performing Arts Studios
211 27th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37203
OZ Arts Nashville, New Dialect, and Metro Parks Dance Division invite you to join a dynamic three-part morning with Miami-based dancer/choreographer Rosie Herrera, featuring a free workshop, a world-premiere preview of a new work, and a Q&A session with Rosie Herrera and New Dialect's Banning Bouldin.
Intermediate to advanced training is suggested for master class participants. The preview and Q&A are open to the general public. RSVPs are required.
Master class: 9:30AM-11AM
Preview and Q&A: 11AM-noon
*Parking at CPAS might be tight with ongoing construction throughout Centennial Park—please allow enough time and/or use a ride share service for your convenience.
W O R K S H O P S E R I E S
at Baila
Y O U T H W O R K S H O P
F e b r u a r y 1 s t
B a i l a D a n c e S t u d i o
3967 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN 37211
Contemporary Dance Workshop with Choreographer R O S I E H E R R E R A
Join dancers from Nashville’s professional contemporary dance company, New Dialect, for a special, 2-hour workshop with award winning Cuban-American choreographer, Rosie Herrera.
In this workshop, dancers of all skill levels, ages 8+, will explore some of the creative process games Rosie and New Dialect’s dancers played to create their new work.
Families and friends are invited to join us for an informal studio performance at 1:30pm.
Workshop . 12 - 1:30pm
In-studio performance 1:30 - 2pm
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H i s p a n i c F a m i l y F o u n d a t i o n +
B a i l a D a n c e S t u d i o
at Baila
T A L L E R C O N R O S I E
1 F e b r e r o
B a i l a D a n c e S t u d i o
3967 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN 37211
TALLER de DANZA CONTEMPORÁNEA con Coreógrafa R O S I E H E R R E R A
Vengan a acompañar a los bailarines de la compañía profesional de danza contemporánea de Nashville, New Dialect, para un taller especial de dos horas con la premiada coreógrafa cubana-americana, Rosie Herrera.
En este taller, bailarines de todos niveles de habilidades, edades 8+, explorarán algunos de los juegos de procesos creativos que jugaron Rosie y los bailarines de New Dialect para crear su nueva obra.
Amigos y familiares son bienvenidos a acompañarnos para una presentación informal en el estudio a la 1:30 de la tarde.
Taller 12 - 1:30 de la tarde
Presentacion en studio . 1:30 - 2 de la tarde
presented by
H i s p a n i c F a m i l y F o u n d a t i o n +
B a i l a D a n c e S t u d i o
Cookie’s Kid | credit Glassworks
C R E S W E L L W O R K S H O P
F e b r u a r y 1 3 r d
Creswell Middle Prep School of the Arts
3500 John Mallette Dr., Nashville, TN 37218
Thanks to OZ Arts Nashville students from Creswell will be invited to participate in a creative movement workshop based on Rosie’s new work and led by members of New Dialect.
Students will be granted behind-the-scenes access to a creative process in real time, as Rosie’s new work approaches its world premiere at OZ Arts on February 20-22.
Our company will perform an excerpt from the work for the students and will invite them to join in a Q&A about New Dialect’s creative practice, the upcoming premiere at OZ Arts, and about the life of a professional dancer in general.
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O Z A r t s N a s h v i l l e
R O S I E H E R R E R A
Rosie is a Cuban-American dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater in Miami. She is a graduate from New World School with a BFA in Dance Performance. She has been commissioned by The Miami Light Project, The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Ballet Hispanico, Moving Ground Dance Theater, Houston Met Dance, New World Symphony and the American Dance Festival (ADF) in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016.
Her company has been presented by the Northrop Dance Series, New World Symphony, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Baryshnicov Arts Center, Texas A & M University, Duncan Theater, The Annenburg Center in Philadelphia, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Dance Place, Gotham Dance at Skirball and Focus Dance at The Joyce NYC as well as by The American Dance Festival at the Joyce NYC in 2016.
credit: Adam Reign
Rosie is also a classically trained lyric coloratura soprano and performs with the Performers Music Institute Opera Ensemble as well as works as an independent director and creative consultant throughout Miami. With over a decade of experience in both dance and cabaret, she has collaborated on productions with The South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center, New World School of the Arts, The University of Central Florida, Six Floor Ensemble, Zoetic Stage and the New World Symphony as well as with the interdisciplinary performance ensemble/avant- garde cabaret Circ X. She has also collaborated with filmmakers Adam Reign, Lucas Leyva, George Echevarria and Clyde Scott to create original short films and music videos.
Rosie is a 2016 US Artist Sarah Arison Choreographic Fellow, a 2010 and 2018 MANCC choreographic fellow, a 2014 Bates Dance Festival Artist in residence, a 2016 Bessie Schoenberg Fellow and a 2011 and 2016 Miami Dance Fellow. She was awarded a Princess Grace Choreographic Fellowship for her work with Ballet Hispanico in 2013.
footage of Rosie performing her solo work Cookie’s Kid
“Cookie’s Kid, the first solo piece by the always intriguing Rosie Herrera, has many of the same ingredients as her group works: the lusciously beautiful images; the pop iconography; the disorienting swings from self-conscious camp to desperation.... Herrera seemed to have made a psychological excavation of her own body - intense, interior, opaque.”
The Miami Herald
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