The Surrealist Cycle (2017 – 2019)

The Surrealist Cycle (2017 – 2019)

The Surrealist Cycle (2017- present) loosely wove together three performances relating to the Latin American Cycle and research into Surrealism. Two of the performances were inspired by the British-born Mexican artist and writer Leonora Carrington, and delved into Women and Magic (later creating a Conversation based on this subject in 2018). The third performance, SUGA, a solo, was created by Associate Artistic Director Travis Coe, directed by Klein, and drawn from Coe’s research into his Queer, Black, Latinx and American/Caribbean identity. Each performance is accompanied by a pre-performance exhibit and a post-performance respondency, led by field leaders, in dialogue with Coe and Klein. An overall increase in collaboration, student programs, and audience led to an enormous growth in facilities renovations and additions. A third property was acquired and encompassed all of DE’s set, costume, puppet, and mask design. A music room, community kitchen, three guest artist apartments, an archive, a guest artist studio, and Ohketeau, an Indigenous Cultural Center, are part of these new facilities.

Performances