Alma Esperanza Cunningham Movement "Great America" (2024 World Premiere)
Sat, May 04
|Dance Mission Theater
My mom came to this country at 17 from El Salvador and only partially assimilated. When my siblings and I started school, the professionals told her not to speak Spanish at home; instead, she took us to Great America and enrolled us in ballet. Richie Valens was 17 when La Bamba topped the charts.
Time & Location
May 04, 2024, 8:00 PM PDT – May 05, 2024, 8:30 PM PDT
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
About the event
“My mom came to this country at 17 from El Salvador and only partially assimilated. When my siblings and I started school, the professionals told her not to speak Spanish at home; instead, she took us to Great America and enrolled us in ballet. Richie Valens was 17 when La Bamba topped the charts. La Bamba was one of my mom’s favorite songs, and I remember watching her dance around the house to it. This dance honors my mother and all the immigrant mothers who did the best they could with what they had."
Artist Biographies
Alma Esperanza Cunningham
In New York, Alma Esperanza Cunningham has had her work presented at Movement Research, Joyce Soho, Dixon Place, and Dance Theater Workshop (Lively Arts). In San Francisco, her work has been shown at ODC Theater, Cowell Theater, Z Space, and Yerba Buena Gardens. She has been awarded residences at ODC, Margaret…