Yusha-Marie Sorzano
This World Anew
Photo by Michael Higgins.
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Floor 3, Theater
Thursday, November 7 at 1 pm, 4 pm
Friday, November 8 at 4 pm, 7 pm
Saturday, November 9 at 1 pm*, 4 pm
*Audio description will be available for the performance on November 9 at 1 pm.
Presented as part of Edges of Ailey, Yusha-Marie Sorzano presents dynamic and awe-inspiring dances exploring cycles, ritual, heritage, and lore. Shaped by the compositions of Chinese American composer Tan Dun and American multi-instrumentalist composer Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, these performances express the building of two separate worlds at their beginning, middle, and end. Through chaos and rapture, rebirth and futurism, Sorzano’s choreography touches the fantastical and draws matrilineal lines to honor the Black feminine.
Choreographer: Yusha-Marie Sorzano
Associate Artistic Director: Lynne Larson
Assistant Choreographer: Natalie McCall
Production Manager: Pilar Davis
Dancers: Sa’Nah Britt, Caleb Daly, Elinor Kleber Diggs, Daniel Do, Lindsey Faber, Jacob Lewis, Aleigha Mayo, Megan O’Brien, Ursula Perry, Alexander Pham, Caitlyn Richter
Originally from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Yusha-Marie Sorzano (pronounced Oosha) is a relentless performing artist, choreographer, educator, and mentor who has worked in concert dance, theater, television, and film. She has been a member of eight acclaimed dance companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Camille A. Brown & Dancers. She has received fellowships from AILEY, The New York Public Library, The Watermill Center, and YoungArts. Sorzano is currently the Co-Artistic Director of Zeitgeist Dance Theatre.
Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of Edges of Ailey.