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ON STAGE

BACK POCKET

PRODUCTIONS

CREATING MOMENTS BUILT AROUND STORY TELLING + COMMUNITY.  

Back Pocket is an award-winning team of journalists and storytellers who have partnered with hundreds of writers, reporters, and artists across the country to feature journalism, art, and music on stage. I am so proud to call these guys my friends and I cant wait to photograph the next incredible group of story tellers. 

PRIVATE | 

SFBATCO

WRITTEN BY MONA PIRNOT DIRECTED BY PETER J KUO

A searing one-act play interrogating the collision between privacy rights + our intimate relationships.

This is one of many performances I have photographed for SFBATCO, each one is unique and the actors, musicians, and set techs are a dream to work with. 

MOUTH OF A SHARK

RAMON RAMOS ALAYO + ALAYO DANCE COMPANY

A reflection on the lives of immigrants, Mouth of A Shark is inspired in part by Somali poet Warsan Shire’s poem Home. It incorporates the choreographer’s extensive knowledge of Afro-Cuban dance forms into a conceptual framework of the dual identities of immigrants.

While photographing this performance I cried several times. I am in awe of how much soul Ramon pours into his craft. 

CUBA CARIBE

FESTIVAL OF DANCE + MUSIC 

Reunión/Gathering a mixed program with performances by:

Alafia Dance Ensemble, Los Lupeños de San José, Agua Doce Dance, Cuicacalli, Embodiment Project, La Unión Matancera, Batey Tambó. 

I hope these photographs can do justice to the power of these dancers + musicians.