Performing the Bronx / A Living Archive of New York City’s Most Iconic Borough This film premieres at Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance BAAD! Click here to watch the Trailer!
Nicolás invites a group of remarkable Bronxites to co-develop actions embedded in the day-to-day of our beloved borough. The gestures that emerge are presented in private spaces, as well as in the Bronx's public realm, focusing on the roots that weave these visionaries with specific communities and neighborhoods.
Nicolás dedicates this film to the late Bronx community advocate and activist Martha J. Watford
This event is being co-presented with support from Historias, a multi-year programmatic initiative led by The Clemente in partnership with LxNY and supported by the Rauschenberg Foundation. Historias celebrates the transformative impact of Latinx communities in NYC through research, artistic interpretations, and public engagement.
The Performing the Bronx chapters have been supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affair in partnership with the City Council and the Bronx Council on the Arts. The Drumming for and with Benny chapter was produced with Casita Maria as part the South Bronx Culture Trail Festival 2020. Funding for editing this video compilation was provided by the University of Texas at Austin. Performing the Bronx has also received love, space and support from Mothers on the Move, BronxNet TV, The Andrew Freedman Home, and BAAD!
A video conceived and directed by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful / Video filming and editing: Geoffrey Jones / Still photography: Argenis Apolinario, Elias Rischmawi, and Rafaelina Tineo Performing the Bronx copyrights 2015-present, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful