Earth Day on the Mile

"Trash Bata" is a one-woman dance theater performance that uses flamenco to speak to the problem of plastic in our environment. The project centers on the iconic long train skirt ("bata de cola") used by the flamenco dancer transformed into a trail of plastic trash that follows her everywhere. This piece stretches the boundaries of flamenco and the play that has long existed between the dancer and that which weighs her down chases her, and continually reappears in a love/hate cycle. Key moments of the piece invite the audience to participate in producing a soundscape, encouraging awareness of being part of a whole, with the power to bring change.