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César Valenzuela

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TWINKS IN CARACAS: AN OIL FANTASIA

My new solo show, combining documentary theater and drag performance! It’s based on interviews I conducted with Venezuelan immigrants about their dream experiences.

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/2ke62wkv

Nitery Theater @niterytheatre (Stanford University): April 30th - May 2nd: 8pm | Matinee on May 2nd: 2pm
Et Al Gallery (2831a Mission St, San Francisco): Friday May 8th: 6:00 pm

Synopsis:
Antonio, a Venezuelan drag queen, starts having mysterious dreams right after meeting his new love: a magnetic twink hiding a dark truth.
The dreams feel like other people’s dreams and, more exactly, like the dreams of other Venezuelan immigrants. As these visions make Antonio grapple with his own painful memories about Venezuela, he is also pushed to confront the twink’s past.
“Twinks in Caracas: An Oil Fantasia” is a multimedia production merging documentary theater, film, and drag performance to explore Venezuela’s collective unconscious and the experience of Venezuelan immigrants.

Written and performed by César Valenzuela @baymoves
Co-directed by César Valenzuela and María Zurita Ontiveros @maria_zurionti
Producer: Angela Vincent @savequeengreen
Set Design: Jonathon Howell @jonathon.howell.50
Lighting Design: Trini Rogando @rogando.lighting
Make-up artist: Génesis Montilva @bygenesismontilva
Graphic design: Hibert Castillo @hibertc
Props manager: Malinalli Diaz

Sponsored by the Stanford Asian American Theater Project (AATP) as an AATP Developmental Stage production. @aatpstanford
Produced with support from the Institute for Diversity in the Arts @idastanford

Thanks to @crowdedfire for the Summer 2025 Solo Performance Workshop, where this show was first developed! taken in The Nitery by @baymoves

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Hasta que conocí, monstruo #cdmx #mexicocity

Arte:
Exposición “Futuros Arcaicos,” Museo Tamayo
“+Querelle,” Alan Escalona, Teatro La Capilla
“La verdad histórica,” Gabriel Garcilaso
“Tánatos,” Wojciech Sadley
Exposición aniversario de “Amores Perros”, Cinemateca Nacional taken in Mexico City, Mexico by @baymoves

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taken in Nitery Experimental Theater - NExT by @baymoves

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Tickets available here: bit.ly/4lYhETd Friday, May 9th - 8:00 pm Saturday, May 10th - 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm Nitery Theater  PROPORTIONALITY is a climate theater show set in the perhaps-not-so-distant future where a geoengineering company, funded by the fossil fuel industry, has built luxurious residences for the ultra-rich (and top-level workers at the company) to live shielded from extreme temperatures. After a party, two employees face the utmost disruption as they seek intimacy: an activist has hacked into the building’s temperature control system, trapping them inside as heat levels rise. Over the course of a spiraling night, the two men are forced to confront not only the activist’s demands, but their complicity in the system—and each other’s moral limits.  *Content warning: this show includes depictions of gun violence, kidnapping/abduction, and misogyny. It also features strobe lighting and other rapid light effects, which may pose a risk to individuals with photosensitive epilepsy or other light sensitivities. taken in Nitery Experimental Theater - NExT by @baymoves

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PROPORTIONALITY

Tickets available here: bit.ly/4lYhETd
Friday, May 9th - 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 10th - 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Nitery Theater

PROPORTIONALITY is a climate theater show set in the perhaps-not-so-distant future where a geoengineering company, funded by the fossil fuel industry, has built luxurious residences for the ultra-rich (and top-level workers at the company) to live shielded from extreme temperatures. After a party, two employees face the utmost disruption as they seek intimacy: an activist has hacked into the building’s temperature control system, trapping them inside as heat levels rise. Over the course of a spiraling night, the two men are forced to confront not only the activist’s demands, but their complicity in the system—and each other’s moral limits.

*Content warning: this show includes depictions of gun violence, kidnapping/abduction, and misogyny.

Set design by @z.anna.02
@lil.spleen as Robyn
Poster by @hibertc
And many more wonderful and talented people! taken in Nitery Experimental Theater - NExT by @baymoves

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[ESP/ENG]

Beatriz, mi mamá, cumpliría años el 8 de mayo. Aunque ya no sea posible bailar con ella, bailo por ella, para ella, desde ella. Fue la persona que más me ha apoyado y sé que estaría orgullosa de ver cómo cada día, poco a poco, me parezco más a lo que he soñado de mí mismo, como diría La Agrado en “Todo sobre mi madre.”

Le dedico estas exploraciones y ensayos a mi madre (chequeen el reel).

[Una bella casualidad hizo que, justo después de mi ensayo y en el mismo espacio donde me encontraba, la compañía de danza africana Diamano Coura ofreciera un maravilloso workshop de tambores, una de las formas musicales y de baile favoritas de mi mamá.]

‘Pa lante, amiga.

Beatriz, my mom, would’ve celebrated her birthday on May 8th. Although it’s no longer possible for me to dance with her, I dance for her, to her, and from her. She was the person who has supported me the most and I know she would be proud to see how everyday, little by little, I look more like what I have dreamt of myself, as La Agrado from “All about my mother” would say.

I dedicate these explorations and rehearsals to my mother (check out the reel).

[A beautiful coincidence made it the case that after my rehearsal and in the same room, the West-African dance company Diamano Coura @diamanocoura offered a wonderful workshop. Drums (or “tambores,” in Spanish) were one of my mom’s favorite musical and dance forms.] taken in Stanford, California by @baymoves

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[ESP/ENG]

Beatriz, mi mamá, cumpliría años el 8 de mayo. Aunque ya no sea posible bailar con ella, bailo por ella, para ella, desde ella. Fue la persona que más me ha apoyado y sé que estaría orgullosa de ver cómo cada día, poco a poco, me parezco más a lo que he soñado de mí mismo, como diría La Agrado en “Todo sobre mi madre.”

Le dedico estas exploraciones y ensayos a mi madre.

[Una bella casualidad hizo que, justo después de mi ensayo y en el mismo espacio donde me encontraba, la compañía de danza africana @diamanocoura Diamano Coura ofreciera un maravilloso workshop de tambores, una de las formas musicales y de baile favoritas de mi mamá.]

‘Pa lante, amiga.

Beatriz, my mom, would’ve celebrated her birthday on May 8th. Although it’s no longer possible for me to dance with her, I dance for her, to her, and from her. She was the person who has supported me the most and I know she would be proud to see how everyday, little by little, I look more like what I have dreamt of myself, as La Agrado from “All about my mother” would say.

I dedicate these explorations and rehearsals to my mother.

[A beautiful coincidence made it the case that after my rehearsal and in the same room, the West-African dance company Diamano Coura @diamanocoura offered a wonderful workshop. Drums (or “tambores,” in Spanish) were one of my mom’s favorite musical and dance forms.] taken in Stanford, California by @baymoves

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"Box of Sand"
May 2-4, 2024
Director: Sid Zhang @sidkbasil
Photos: Frank Chen

Thanks to @theater_lab and @stanfordtaps for making this project possible!

#stanford #theater #stanfordarts #stanfordtheatre taken in Pigott Hall, Stanford University by @baymoves

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"Box of Sand"
Stanford, May 2-4, 2024
Photos by Julien Broussard @jojonquisha

Thanks to @sidkbasil for inviting me to be part of this project!

#theater #stanfordarts #stanfordtheater taken in Pigott Hall, Stanford University by @baymoves

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“Gay Gorilla,” my first choreography, performed last night at the Young Choreographers Festival.
The music is “Gay Guerrilla” by Julius Eastman, a Black and gay composer whose groundbreaking work was long forgotten. I decided to choreograph this piece after the stunning rendition by @wildup at Bing Concert Hall earlier this year.
Special thanks to my amazing pianist and flatmate, Terry Feng @fenglyfe who introduced me to Eastman’s work in the first place.
And thanks for the support ❤️ @fireclaywater @lisibusi @danfriedman4 @victoria.michaels @stanfordtaps #stanfordarts #stanforddance taken in Stanford, California by @baymoves

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Dress rehearsal for GAY GORILLA last night.
Show TONIGHT. @fenglyfe will be on the piano
Music: “Gay Guerrilla” by Julius Eastman
Young Choreographers Festival
Roble Arts Gym, 7:30p.m. Free!
#stanford #stanfordarts #stanforddance by @baymoves

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taken in Stanford University by @baymoves

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