claire barrera Grammar of the Imagination An Alembic Co-Production at Performance Works NW Grammar of the Imagination is an evening-length dance performance conceived and directed by claire barrera. It features an intergenerational cast of performers: youth Jordyn Kubernick, Nila Kwa and Paloma Barrera Rodriguez and adults Linda Austin, Allie Hankins, and Hannah Krafcik. The work uses traditional children’s games as a platform to explore how play can be a site of imagining radically new social relations, or of disciplining and re-enforcing social norms. This project will be a deep inquiry into the ways power, discipline, care, and transformation arise in interpersonal dynamics, which is a subject matter that has motivated barrera’s work for years.

May 20-22, 2022 Fri & Sat at 7pm Sunday at 2pm — ASL Interpreted $10-$20 Friday/Saturday $0-$20 on Sunday claire barrera is an artist, activist and educator based in Portland, Oregon. They are the author of the new zine el lenguaje nos gusta y nos confunde and the coeditor of When Language Runs Dry. Upcoming collaborations include work with Allie Hankins and Maya Dalinsky. Created with the support of the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Oregon Arts Commission, and a residency at Greywood Arts. photos by Chelsea Petrakis

Website: https://pwnw-pdx.org/2022/03/03/may-20-22-claire-barrera-grammar-of-the-imagination/

Visitor information: Friday and Saturday, 7 pm, Sunday 2 pm

Cost: Admission Fee

Venue Type: Other

Event Type: Performance

Diversity: BIPOC , LGBTQIA+ , Women/Femme, Other

Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible, Other

Additional notes: Sunday May 22 is ASL interpreted. Youth highly encouraged to attend.