About Talismans (for being other self):
A new production by renowned performers, dancers, and poets of the stage Vivian Cruz and Hebe Rosell, Talismans is born in the evocative conjuring of Argentinean Olga Orozco’s poetry. A neo-romantic and surrealist poet, Orozco’s work focuses on the woman in her roles as mother, sister, & daughter and seen through the multi colored lenses of Latin American oracle and magic, omens, premonition, the forbidden, and the terror of time. Cruz and Rosell present a powerful interdisciplinary piece intertwining elegant & passionate language, video, dance, song, music, and visual art.
About the creators / performers:
Hebe Rosell(performer/creator) was born in Argentina and graduated from the Salvador University in Buenos Aires with her degree in Music therapy. In addition to her work theatrically, Rosell simultaneously is an accomplished violoncellist, flautist, and composer. She currently conducts many forums and workshops at institutions and festivals in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, & Spain.
Vivian Cruz (performer/creator) graduated from The National University of Mexico as an actor, and quickly joined the Utopia Danza-Teatro Company. In 1992 she became a dancer with Ultima Vez Dance Company of Belgium, touring the world for three years. In 1995 she returned to her native Mexico as a choreographer and performer receiving grants for her work from Banff Center for the Arts, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA), Rockefeller Foundation, and Ford Foundation.
Olga Orozco (poet) In her powerful career, poet Orozco won the National Arts Fund Great Award (1980), the First National Poetry Award (1988), the Gabriel Mistral Award (1988), and Juan Rulfo’s Literature Award (1998).
