Echoes of My Barrio
Work in Progress
Echoes of My Barrio will portray the sensory memories of my city and the reality of today's Cuba. The unique calls of the pregoneros—street vendors—are humble voices born from necessity; but they also reveal something deeper: the resilience of a people who endure. What seems to relate only to subsistence can transform into a greater cry: a call for freedom, for respect, for dignity.
The score will alternate between dancers expressing their own pregones and moments when only recorded echoes remain, fading suddenly into silence. Music for the piece will be composed from the pregoneros' cries, street ambience, and fragments of Cuban music, creating a landscape where survival becomes rhythm, and necessity becomes dance.
Premiere as work in progress at Ringling Historic Asolo Theater: MicroWIP
