Josefina Baez Director, ayombe theatre troupe


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Josefina Baez
Director, ayombe theatre troupe

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Personal Statement: I am a performer-writer-educator-director whose work explores the present and its encounters with the past and future. All in the now. Elements of my constant and changing characteristics are main themes in the work (spirit-womanhood-black-working class-migrant; from a non theoretical, post card state. My work is highly subjective, local, personal.

I am Dominican York. And as such I am exposed to endless constant and varying stimuli. They enrich my personal culture in unexpected ways. The text (in Spanish and English), as well as the stage performance of my solo piece -Dominicanish- illustrates the creation and state of my personal universe.

Current Work I am currently travelling (locally, nationally, internationally) with my solo work Dominicanish. I am also touring to houses and apartments in NYC with my performance dialogue project Apartarte/casarte; performing in public spaces as part of "That Wondering Soul" series (Aparecer, Al parecer, A perecer), and I am doing research for a new performance piece.
Short Bio Josefina Baez(La Romana, Dominican Republic/New York) is a writer, performer, teacher, and director. She is the founder and director of Latinarte/Ay Ombe Theatre troupe collective (since 1986). Her work is multidisciplinary in context and intercultural in scope and highly subjective. She has participated in many international theatre festivals and workshops in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Her written work has been published in Forward Motion Magazine (NYC), Brujula/Compass (Latin American Writers Institute (NYC), Ventana Abierta (University of California), Tertuliando/Hanging Out (Anthology of Dominican women writers in New York), Vetas (Dominican Republic), Caribbean Connections: Moving North (NECA/Washington, Ojo Paralelo (NYC), Dominicanish (NYC), Beacon Press 2001 Anthology, among others. Since 1981, Mrs. Baez has been teaching creative writing and theatre in public schools and cultural centers in New York City, in conjunction with Teachers & Writers, Arts Connections and CAL (Creative Art Laboratory/ Teachers College-Columbia University). She directs Ay Ombe international theatre retreats.


Contact P.O. box 1387 Madison Square Station New York, NY 10159
Artist Location New York, NY
Type of artist Performer, Arts Educator, Writer
General Themes Race/Ethnicity/Cultural Identity, International/Global, Religion/Spirituality, Mental Health/Psychology
Keywords Latina-black with an accent- Dominican Republic, immigrant, cross-cultural, multi-cultural, spoken word, poet, poetry, dance, movement
Last updated on February 26th, 2007

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