As a visually impaired, Costa Rican-American choreographer of Miskito and Garifuna heritage, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez creates evocative work on themes of disability, immigration, and indigeneity. His career includes a BESSIE Award nomination and a spot on Art in America’s “New Talent” list. His work has been recognized and supported by numerous fellowships, grants and residencies, and presented by major institutions such as Performance Mix Festival, The Kitchen, Jacob’s Pillow, Danspace Project, Movement Research at the Judson Church, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, Princeton University, The Joyce Theater, The Immigrant Artist Biennale-Brooklyn Museum, and The Lincoln Center, among others.
Website: www.unpezverde.com
Instagram: @unpezverdedance
Cadaver Dog deals with the relentless search for something lost, hidden, or dead within our body as a living geopolitical state and the haunted nature of our own mortality.
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K.J. Holmes, photo by Elyse Mertz
“Performance Mix Festival has its own life, and Karen and the staff continue to evolve with the times in a way I appreciate…it was tremendous to be a Liftoff AIR and then get to show the work I had continued to explore as an AIR a year later at PMF!”
– K.J. Holmes
New Dance Alliance
182 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013
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All venues are wheelchair accessible.
