Image: Camilo Godoy, Choreographic Studies (Julianne, Yolette, Troy), 2015-2022 (detail). Courtesy of the artist
Art and Public Policy Professor Luis Rincón Alba was in discussion with New Museum Artist-in-Residence Camilo Godoy as part of his work-in-progress performance!
On February 22nd, Camilo Godoy, the New Museum’s Artist-in-Residence, presented a work-in-progress performance during an evening of rehearsal and dialogue. Godoy and collaborating dancers presented short sections of their new work, renacemos a cada instante, interspersed with responses and discussion from scholar Luis Rincón Alba and dance writer Siobhan Burke, as well as questions from and interaction with the audience. Weaving conversation about dance histories and Latin American cultural practices into the rehearsal, this evening informed Godoy’s development of a new performance work as part of his residency at the New Museum, which was presented on February 24 and 29, 2024.