Original Photo by Josh S. Rose, Performers: Brance Souza and Alan Perez, Photo Editing by Nak Yong Choi

This behind the scenes workshop on Zoom is the next iteration of B. Dunn Movement’s signature work ECHO Immersive Experience (EIE). EIE is immersive theater intersecting live performance, music, set, costume, and sound design with Virtual and Augmented Reality platforms. EIE creates a tapestry weaving together narratives from the kidnapping and enslavement of tens of millions of African people over hundreds of years of forced migration. EIE seeks to unpack embodied traumas that reverberate inside memories and across generations; exploring themes of race, masked identity, commodification of Black and Brown bodies, and systematic erasure of Black narratives.

This is the third and final in a three-part series of workshops. You do not need to have participated in the first workshops to participate in this workshop. Workshop 1 (1/30) has introduced the movement and visual art/animation/VR process, workshop 2 (3/13) explored costumes and their relationship to identity and the body, and workshop 3 (5/15) will merge together the animation, costumes, and movement, focusing on the role of collaboration in creative world building within this work.

Brigette Dunn-Korpela is a CultureHub Resident Artist (2020-2021). Learn more about her work in the residency program here. 

To participate, register via the link below to receive a Zoom link. Please note that this workshop will be recorded for archival purposes.

This event is free! Please consider donating any amount when you RSVP to support our on-going productions and creative programming.

Saturday, May 15, 2021
2pm–4pm ET / 11am–1pm PT