Ondina // Rebecca

PERFORMER ∙ MUSIC MAKER ∙ CHOREOGRAPHER ∙ MULTIMEDIA

Rebecca Hidalgo is a performer and multimedia producer who showcases her work through dance, music, theatre, circus, and digital media.

Están Mirando (2018)

Photo by Alex Schaefer

Photo by Alex Schaefer

 

Performed by:

Rebecca Hidalgo & Isaiah Sanabria

In collaboration with:

Isaiah Sanabria

Amanda Pinto

Jake Nathanson

Están Mirando is a multimedia dance-theatre piece performed during Brooklyn Arts’ Exchange Upstart Program in March of 2018

Serving as a prequel to Hidalgo’s full-length piece Chivas 18, this piece explores gender roles, violence and outward "perfection" in Hispanic culture in a darkly comedic format. Caught in a telenovela, an immigrant husband and wife duo navigate a dramatic event in a melodramatic context. Hidalgo uses projections, music, dance and drag to reveal the deepest layers of insecurity these characters are holding on to; and what happens when the audience is revealed to them?

This unique work exists as both a live performance and short film. Throughout the live performance, the film serves as a backdrop. The audience is presented with multiple perspectives of the couple’s interactions, as the actors on stage are in full “drag” of each others’ character on screen.

 

Live Performance:

Están Mirando is a multimedia dance-theatre piece performed during Brooklyn Arts’ Exchange Upstart Program in March of 2018 Serving as a prequel to Hidalgo’s full-length piece Chivas 18, this piece explores gender roles, violence and outward "perfection" in Hispanic culture in a darkly comedic format. Caught in a telenovela, an immigrant husband and wife duo navigate a dramatic event in a melodramatic context. Hidalgo uses projections, music, dance and drag to reveal the deepest layers of insecurity these characters are holding on to; and what happens when the audience is revealed to them? This unique work exists as both a live performance and short film. Throughout the live performance, the film serves as a backdrop. The audience is presented with multiple perspectives of the couple’s interactions, as the actors on stage are in full “drag” of each others’ character on screen. In collaboration with Isaiah Sanabria, Amanda Pinto & Jake Nathanson

Short Film:

When a telenovela goes awry... "Están Mirando", the short film, originally supplements a theatre piece of the same title. It explores gender roles, sexuality, and violence within telenovelas and the Latin community. Written, Directed & Edited by Rebecca Hidalgo Director of Photography: Jake Nathanson Starring: Rebecca Hidalgo, Isaiah Sanabria, Amanda Pinto, Jake Nathanson No copyright infringement intended.

© Ondina // Rebecca Hidalgo 2021