Initiatives

Performance in the Borderlands

The Performance in the Borderlands Project is a research, education and public programming initiative dedicated to the understanding and promotion of cultural performance along the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. Understanding the diversity of cultures and artistic traditions in the region, this initiative defines performance broadly to include not only theatre, dance and musical practice, but ritual, celebrations, and social and folkloric dance as well. The project sponsors lectures, workshops, performances and public discussions with artists, critics, scholars and community members interested in the performing arts in the region.

The Performance in the Borderlands Lecture Series features regional, national and international scholars, critics and performance practitioners at public events on the ASU Tempe campus, as well as support public performances, consultancies, lectures and other events in communities throughout the Valley. Previous guests have included:

Jorge Huerta, Endowed Chancellor's Professor of Theatre, University of California-San Diego

Deborah Paredez, Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Texas at Austin

Luis Valdez, founder, playwright and artistic director, Teatro Campesino

Guillermo Gomez-Pena, performance artist

Israel Franco, Investigator, Rodolfo Usigli National Center for the Study of Theatre, Mexico.

The project also sponsors performance throughout the community. Recent performances include: a performance of The Panza Monologues by Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga at Teatro Caliente: A Festival of New Southwest Performance at Modified Arts in Phoenix; and Paul Bonin-Rodriguez's Memory's Caretaker at the ASU Kerr Cultural Center in Scottsdale.

For more information on the Performance in the Borderlands project, contact:

Christopher Danowski
School of Theatre and Film
Arizona State University
PO Box 872002
Tempe, AZ 85287-2002
480.965.9492
480.965.5351 fax
Christopher.Danowski@asu.edu

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