Choreography


Just a small sample of my work.

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THE PRESERVATION OF TIME



QUE VIVA LA JOTARIA
(sample of previous performance at The Garage)








THE DOING OF VOGUE:
part of a presentation on The Voguette: Werk it on the Runway!

This is only a short except of the full production




HOOK-UP IN THE PARK:
another scene from the Voguette





SACRED SMOKE:
a post-modern dance exploration about a Mexcia tail of two white smoke deities, within love, duality, and dissonance. Preformed at Stanford University as a Part of the Winter Works Showcase:

Choreographed by Cuauhtemoc Peranda
Danced by Cuauhtemoc Peranda and Maria Fernandez
Music with Tara Smithee
Film by SiCA



Virgil's Warning
Duality of Virgil and Dante
Choreographed and performed by Cuauhtemoc Peranda






LIST OF WORK:





Major Choreography and Projects:

“A Blessing”. Solo.  Aztec Dance and Vogue Performance by Cuauhtémoc Peranda. Presented for Jot@s, Studs, Fa'afafines, and homothugs to the 2nd Spirit” opening”. Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA.
(Preformed June 2011)

“Que Viva La Jotaria”. Duet. Choreography and performed by Cuauhtémoc Peranda. Music by Candy Acid. Presented at ‘Move(men)t 5: Male Choreographer Festival’ and ‘Raw and Uncut’. The Garage, San Francisco, CA.
(Preformed April and June 2011)

The Voguette: “Werk It on the Runway”. Artistic Director: The Vindiction Dance Company, Choreographer, Director, and Dramaturge of Production. Senior Performance Project and Creative Honors Thesis. Full-Length Work, with a cast of nine performers and modest production crew. Prosser Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed May 2010)

Whispers. Dance Solo for University of California, Davis, Native American Culture Days. Choreographed and Performed by Cuauhtémoc Peranda. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis, CA.
(Performed April 2010) 

Sacred Smoke. Dance Duet. Choreography and performed by Cuauhtémoc Peranda. Performed at Winter Works, Roble Big Dance Studio, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed March 2010)

“Chocolate Heads Meets Beatflippers”. Chocolate Heads Dance Company: Artistic Director Aleta Hayes, Assistant Choreographer and Dancer Cuauhtémoc Peranda. Full-Length Work. Piggott Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed March 2010)

Virgil’s Warning. Stanford Dance Division Fireworks Performance Showcase. Choreography/Performed by Cuauhtémoc Peranda. Solo Work. Roble Gym Studio, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed January 2010)

In the Throne Room. Performance. 12 hour Solo Meditation Piece. Stanford Men’s Underground Bathroom Located in the Main Quad, Stanford, CA.
(Performed September 2009)

MadeaMadeaMadea. Stanford Drama Dept. Senior Project of Michelle Sutherland. Choreographer/Collaborator/Performer, Full-length Work. Prosser Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed March 2009)

“funny thing about strong women…”. Stanford Dance Division of Drama Winter Showcase. Choreographer, Short Solo. Roble Gym and Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed March 2009)

The Califia Project 1.0. The California Performance Project-Multimedia and Research Workshop Peformance. Choreographer/Performer/Collaborator, Evening Performance. Elliot Program Center Stanford University, CA.
(Performed December 2008) 

SFMOMA Project. Stanford University Drama, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California College of the Arts Participatory Performance Collaboration. Collaborator/Performer, Short Evening Performance. SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA.
(Preformed December 2008)

A Breath of Ocean’s Medicine. Live and Media Performance. Choreographer and Performer. Short Multimedia Dance-Theater piece. Piggott Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed May 2008)

I Saw The Ocean at The Medical School. Choreographer and Performer. Short Site-Specific Solo. Stanford Medical School Front Entrance Fountain and Courtyard, Stanford University, CA. 
(Performed May 2008)

Oceania. GenderFük Drag Show and Party. Performance Artist, short solo to Björk’s Oceania. Tresidder Student Union, Stanford, CA.
(Performed March 2008)

Come Memory. Choreographer/performer, short solo. Roble Gym and Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed November 2007)


Performance Work:

Molt&feather. Mills MFA Dance Thesis work, Choreography by Jochelle Elise Pereña. Dancer. Lisser Hall, Oakland, CA.
(Preformed April 2011)

Good Morning. Mills MFA Dance Thesis work, Choreography by Ashley Trottier. Dancer/Stage-Hand.  Preformed as a part of ODC Pilot program, ODC Studio B, San Francisco, CA. And, preformed at the MFA thesis concert, Lisser Hall, Oakland, CA.
(Preformed March and April 2011)

Rock, Mist, Mary. Mills College Repertory Dance Company. Choreography by Shinichi Iova-Koga. Dancer. Lisser Hall, Oakland, CA.
(Performed November 2010) 

A Taste of Chocolate heads: Dub-Ballet meets Vogue-Runway. Dance Duet for Stanford Institute for Creativity in the Arts Art + Innovation event. Choreographed by Aleta Hayes. Dancer. Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed April 2010) 

A Creative Fabrication. Art of the Individual Practice. 8 hour Art and Performance Installation directed by Ralph Lemon. Collaborator and Builder. Design School, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed and Installed December 2009)

Four Screaming Woman. Choreography by Jane Comfort. Short Quartet. Performer/Dancer. Roble Gym and Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed in March, May, and October 2009)

Cluster. A group piece choreographed by Robert Moses. Dancer. Roble Gym and Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed May 2009)

The Wasteland: Hurry Up, It’s Time. Stanford Drama Dept. Full Main-Stage Production. Directed by Tony Kramer, Choreographed by Parijat Desi and Tony Kramer. Dancer. Roble Gym and Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed March 2009)

The Wasteland: Or Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain. Stanford Drama Dept. Full Main-Stage Production. Directed by Dan Sack, Choreographed by Robert Moses. Performer/Actor/Dancer. Roble Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed February 2009)

Blood Time. Quartet choreographed by Robert Moses. Dancer. Roble Gym and Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed January 2009)

Dance in the Arcades. Site-specific quartet choreographed by Austen Rosenfeld. Dancer. Stanford Main Quad Arcades, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed May 2008)

Red Rover. An evening performance and transition between various locations on Stanford Campus, directed by Diane Frank. Rover/Dancer. Stanford University, CA.
(Performed May 2008)

The Sweetest Hangover, by Ricardo Bracho. Play Directed by Nia Witherspoon. Dancer/choreographer. Piggott Theater, Stanford University, CA.
(Performed May 2008)


Works In Progress:

“Frolic”. A work for the National Queer Arts Festival 


“Marked in Red”. A work for the National Queer Arts Festival