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Yesterday was very special to us at Danza Orgánica. We performed a piece very dear to our hearts, at the @massqball . This piece is dedicated to Mar’s father, who grew up working at a sugarcane plantation (cañaveral) in Puerto Rico— and to all plantation workers in PR and the USA. This piece exists within the larger context of our work: Proyecto Melaza (2017), which illustrates the history of colonization in PR- with a vision towards liberation and decolonization. ✨

I (Mar) am eternally grateful to my father, who wrote about his experience growing up at el Hato Candal in Fajardo / Rio Grande. He wrote in poetry form, which I really appreciate, and look forward to continuing to share his experiences- and those of the campesinos who also worked in the plantation. I am also eternally grateful to my company, Danza Orgánica, for their amazing artistry, contributions, and dedication, to make this work a reality. Shoutout also to @m.santimar , also member of DO- who in addition to dance, accompanied us with his nourishing Bomba drumming. 🙏🏾

To wrap up our work, we finished in celebration dancing in community with those who joined us. So fun! In times of struggle and difficulty, we need to remember to find joy and to be in community. Thank you for dancing with us!

We are very grateful to all who came, and look forward to sharing this iteration again soon.

Con amor,

Mar @visionariadelmar

📷: Shared by audience members.
First photo, Mar’s son. by @danzaorganica

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We’re so excited to partner with Marcel Santiago Marcelino, dancer with @danzaorganica for CULTIVATIONS: 4 Years of the CEI this THURSDAY Oct 2 from 5-8pm!

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Marcel Santiago Marcelino (he/they) is a queer Dominican and Puerto Rican dance artist born in Boston, MA. Marcel lived part of his childhood in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico before returning to the states. In Puerto Rico under the instruction of his father Jorge Santiago Arce and cultural pioneer Modesto Cepeda Brenes, Marcel began his life-long relationship with Bomba, one of the first Afro-Indigenous music and dance forms of the Archipelago. His movement practice is heavily influenced by the language of Bomba as well as other Caribbean, contemporary and improvisational dance methods. He is a Director’s Scholarship recipient and 2021 BFA graduate of the University of the Arts School of Dance, Dir. Donna Faye Burchfield. In 2021 Marcel joined Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (Philadelphia) as an apprentice. In 2022, he returned to Boston and joined Urbanity Dance as a company dancer and faculty member until 2023. Marcel is currently a dancer and administrative assistant with Danza Orgánica, directed by Mar Parrilla.

Special thank you to our funders & supporters: @barrfdn @artsinboston @midwayartiststudios 💪 taken in Midway Artist Studios by @danzaorganica

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THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for our Batey Comunitario! It was the perfect night of music, dancing, community, and fun. See you at the next one! 🪘💃☀️❣️ taken in Mozart Park by @danzaorganica

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Everything is a performance.

June 12 is known as Philippine Independence Day, though arguably this freedom was quickly taken by the US who performed itself as protagonist. The mock battle between Spain and US in Manila Bay is a performance of a duel with an ending already planned. The 10 years of genocide on the Filipino people is the edited version of the script that we may never fully know of, censored so we can continue to believe the propaganda. Everything is a performance.

I’ve been thinking about our recent performance of Primx, a celebration of cousin-ship between Puerto Rican family (the Santiago Marcelino) and a Filipino family ( AniMalayaWorks) and how authenticity was sought through out our process. We presented our testimonies by portraying ourselves and our genuine connection onstage.

Thank you MAPfund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, BAAD! ( Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance ) and Leeway Foundation for your generous support.

@tserendipity for the 📸

#theater #dance #poetry #digitalart #archive #knowthyself #history taken in BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance by @danzaorganica

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What a gorgeous time we had this past weekend, sharing space with @ani_malayaworks and @m.santimar for the opening of Out Like That! and the premiere of PRIMX. We witnessed a beautiful fusion of cultures sharing one stage together, only at BAAD! 🖤❤️

Tonight we open our doors to @juegosdecariño for another wonderful offering. Come be BAAD! with us tonight, tomorrow and Saturday at 8PM for this next amazing piece in the Out Like That! Festival. Grab your tickets now at the link in bio🌈🖤❤️ taken in BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance by @danzaorganica

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Today at BAAD!, Primx kicked off the 2025 Out Like That! Festival. A wonderful show that intersected the cultures of the Phillipines and Puerto Rico. This collab was between Anita Gavino and her Ani/Malayaworks and Marcel Santiago Marcelino. taken in BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance by @danzaorganica

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📣 Join us THIS SATURDAY, May 31st as we kick off Out Like That! with a special production of Primx, a dance theater experience that blends Puerto Rican and Philippine folk traditions with contemporary movement. This experience explores themes of resistance, gender expression, and colonial legacy through collective joy. 💃🏽🔥

🗓 Saturday, May 31 | 🕒 3PM
📍 @baadbronx – 2474 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY
🎟 Tickets: $20 - link in bio

Created by Ani/MalayaWorks & Marcel Santiago Marcelino, with cultural support from Jorge Santiago Arce. Come witness culture in motion.

#PRIMX #BAADBronx #DanceTheater #PuertoRicanHeritage #FilipinoCulture #BronxEvents #QueerArt #ResistanceThroughArt taken in BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance by @danzaorganica

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We are officially 30 DAYS away from the premier of PRIMX at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance @baadbronx! The creation process of this evening length work has been much like making a stew. @ani_malayaworks and I began this process in the summer of 2022, and like any good sancocho, we have been letting it simmer, taste testing and adding more ingredients to this rich process. We are so grateful for the collaboration and dedication from dance artists Athena Turek ( @athenaturek ), Marsell Anhel Chavarria ( @marsell.simone ) and Malaya Ulan ( @malaya_ulan) who have been part of this process for over two years! We are also incredibly excited and grateful to welcome musical and vocal collaborators Jorge Arce ( @jorgearce.humano ), Sasi Marcelino ( @bankonsasi )and Andrew Martinez ( @dru.seko ) ! Thank you to BAAD for your continued support!
We also want to extend very special thank you to @themapfund for your support since 2022! #MapGrantee2022
Come see PRIMX on May 31st, at 3:30pm at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance ! Doors open at 3pm. Register and find more information using the link below! Nos vemos allá!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/primx-tickets-1286540660749?aff=oddtdtcreator by @danzaorganica

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For the past 3 years we’ve been learning from each other’s cultures. And we learn from each other, from elders, and from cultural bearers. Now we’re preparing for BAAD! (Supported by MAPfund) May 31st but we while we are grateful for the support from MAP, we need your help to fully fund this production and all it’s components and collaborators, including our musical and vocal collaborators.

#filipino #puertorican #bomba #bronx #baad #may #🇵🇭🇵🇷 #🇵🇭 #🇵🇭 #dance #performanceart by @danzaorganica

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“Healing, after all, cannot be conjured by new policies and laws, but can only emerge from new poetics.” - Ruha Benjamin (professor of African American Studies, Princeton University, from the foreword in the book, My AfroRican State of Soul by @lucasrivera247 )

Grateful to the Paul Robeson House & Museum, the West Philadelphia Arts Council, and The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation for the fall 2024 West Philadelphia Creative Grant (@robesonhousephl ) for supporting our ongoing neighborhood offerings including the Philadelphia Fringe Festival project, Special Topics: Blade and Barrel held at @studio34philly . This is a seed to a long going dialogue. The resistance through art making continues. Stay tuned for our Primx premiere at @baadbronx in May.

Sharing some photos by @tserendipity in our element-the north Philly backyard rehearsals. Some images are from our @studio34philly offerings… conjuring resistance dialogues through our bodies. Some Bomba, some Kali driven.

We may be cousins through blood memories but now we come together and let’s go 2025, watch over us.

#filipino #puertorico🇵🇷 #philippines🇵🇭 #boricua #pinoy #resiliencia #resistencia #collective #westphilly #boston #phillyfringe #comingsoon #mapfund2022 #firstgeneration #animalayaworks by @danzaorganica

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I will be leading a poetry workshop this Sunday at Studio 34 at 7pm! We will also be doing a parol (Filipino lantern) making workshop on Saturday at 4pm. @ani_malayaworks and @m.santimar will also be holding a movement meditation and bomba workshop on Saturday. Come out y’all!

#poetlaureate #poetry #youth #art #parol #filipino #bomba #philly #philadelphia #studio34 #dance #writing taken in Studio 34 Yoga | Healing | Arts by @danzaorganica

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INTRODUCING: Marcel Santiago Marcelino @m.santimar!

Marcel joins detritus dance as an Artistic Collaborator.

Marcel Santiago Marcelino is a queer Dominican and Puerto Rican dance artist born in Boston, MA. Marcel lived part of his childhood in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico before returning to the states. In Puerto Rico under the instruction of his father Jorge Santiago Arce and cultural pioneer Modesto Cepeda Brenes, Marcel began his life-long relationship with Bomba, one of the first Afro-Indigenous music and dance forms of the Archipelago. His movement practice is heavily influenced by the language of Bomba as well as other Caribbean, contemporary and improvisational dance methods. He is a Director’s Scholarship recipient and 2021 BFA graduate of the University of the Arts School of Dance, Dir. Donna Faye Burchfield. During his undergraduate studies, Marcel spent part of a semester studying classical and contemporary dance at the Conservatorio Superior de Danza "María de Ávila" in Madrid, Spain. During his time at UArts, he collaborated and performed in work by Lauren Bakst at the Camping Dance Festival in Paris and Lyon, France. He has also had the pleasure of performing works by Katie Swords-Thurman, and Juel Lane. In 2021 Marcel joined Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (Philadelphia) and danced with the company as an apprentice for one season. In 2022, he returned to Boston and joined Urbanity Dance as a company dancer and faculty member. He also currently dances with companies Danza Orgánica, under the direction of Mar Yael Parrilla, as well as BeHeard.World, directed by Anna Myer. Recently, Marcel and fellow collaborator Anito Gavino were recipients of the MAPfund Grant to research and explore historical and cultural bridges between the Philippines and Puerto Rico, two archipelago’s with strongly tethered colonial histories. He is currently collaborating with detritus dance for their newest upcoming work ‘Malefica’.

Photo by Alba García by @danzaorganica

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