Artist Talk - Estrategias para descolonizar un extraño cuerpo isleño/Strategies for Decolonizing a Strange Island Body

In this bilingual (English/Spanish) performative talk, Mickey Negrón will discuss his transition from theatre to performance, or how a queer fairy assumes scenic (performative) and politically empowering positions. He will focus on three of his performances, La Reinita (which translates as “little queen” but is also an endemic Puerto Rican bird known as Adelaide's warbler), Ritual de Pluma y Purificación (Feather and Purification Ritual), and Licencia Menos Fecunda (Less Fecund License), as a search for individual, collective, and national freedom. He will also discuss his curatorship of Asuntos Efímeros (Ephemeral Matters), an avant-garde performance series held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, since 2010, and of Quiebre: International Performance Festival, held in San Juan in 2016. Please join us for this public talk. The event will be on October 11, from 4:00-6:00 pm in 3512 Haven Hall. Light refreshments will be served!

Also, please attend the Performance and Student Drag Showcase on October 13, from 7:00-9:00pm in 3660 Haven Hall. Light refreshments will be served!