New Works: COLORES with Alyssa (Lyzah) Favero
COLORES, co-produced by Alyssa Favero and Ana Sosa with support as a New Works’ Artist In Residence, brings together performers and audience members to celebrate the roots of waacking/whacking and Asian diaspora lineages.
Date/Time: Oct 28 2025, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | Event calendar181 Roundhouse Mews
Tickets
Cost: $8.00
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Waacking/whacking is a powerful dance form with history that traces and celebrates queer folks of African, Latine and Asian descent. Alyssa’s newest work pound fosters connections across generations and communities, and in this iteration of waacking/whacking, invites audiences into the theatre to experience the work in development. This transformative celebration will include a work-in progress performance, battle, and social, which includes light refreshments and to space dance and mingle. Learn more and RSVP for a free ticket at newworks.ca/residency.
Residency Reflections
An intimate look into artistic process
Each season, with generous partnership from the Roundhouse Community Centre, New Works supports 1 - 3 artists in a Theatre Residency; dedicated time in a fully-equipped theatre setting to develop a new piece or facet of their practice without the pressure of a pending performance. These artist-led residencies provide essential space, time, and theatrical resources, supporting artists as they bridge their work from the studio to the stage.
At the culmination of each residency, artists welcome the public into a shared moment of curiosity and reflection; this is Residency Reflections. The artist chooses the format of the reflection - maybe an artist talk, open rehearsal, workshop, performance, or installation - as best serves their work and process.
By bringing our focus to creative practice, not creation, Residency Reflections centers artist-audience exchange and celebrates the often unseen moments of creation — the questions, experiments, and relationships that shape new choreographic work.
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