Three women, four dance styles, and the Bronx becoming a stage for diaspora magic.
Dance artists Sita Frederick, Ana "Rokafella" Garcia, and Marion Ramirez collaborate to create a performance work that explores Caribbean and Latina-American experiences through dance. OUT OF LA NEGRURA/OUT OF BLACKNESS IN THE BRONX: A CHOREOGRAPHIC COLLABORATION ACROSS DIASPORA features NYC-based dance artists/choreographers: Sita Frederick, Ana "Rokafella" Garcia, and Marion Ramirez. This documentary reveals how the artists collaborated to create a new performance work that explored Caribbean and Latina-American experiences through dance. This film showcases the rich and diverse dance backgrounds of the Latinx performers as they mix salsa, breaking, Afro-Caribbean, and release techniques in one experimental dance piece. With footage from performances at Pregones Theatre, this documentary was made by PEPATIÁN, a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to creating, producing and supporting contemporary multi-disciplinary art by Latinx and Bronx-based artists.
Direction
Jane Gabriels lets the dancers breathe, never stealing their spotlight.
Production
PEPATIÁN's community-rooted approach shines in every frame.
Director
Jane Gabriels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
PEPATIÁN has been a South Bronx arts anchor since 1983, centering Latinx voices long before 'Latinx' entered mainstream vocabulary.
Ana 'Rokafella' Garcia was among the first women to dominate breaking in a male-coded scene — her presence here carries decades of battle.
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