Workshop: Belle Alvarez at Painted Bride Art Center

BrideNext artist-in-residence, Belle Alvarez, a dancer and choreographer, facilitates an interactive workshop for activists, artists, and city workers based in movement, memories of home, and storytelling. Participants will be guided through an exploration of embodied perspectives, community building, and cultivating empathy across cultural differences.

Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Time: 4:00-6:00pm

Location: The Painted Bride Art Center – 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia

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About Belle Alvarez

Belle Alvarez is originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She spent the first half of her childhood in Manila, Philippines before immigrating to the USA. Belle’s projects as a Dance Artist span across performance, education programs, community engagement, and activism throughout the Philadelphia region. Belle is a Crew Member with Carnival De Resistance and an Ensemble Member with Just Act. As a project based performer, Belle has been featured in work presented by the Kimmel Center, Sean Thomas Boyt, Jennifer D. Yackel, Jessica Warchal-King/The Embodiment Project, and Evan Hoffman, among others.

Her work has been performed at FringeArts, the Outlet Dance Project, Performance Garage, Inhale Performance Series, and Koresh Artist Showcase. Interdisciplinary collaborations include work with music artists Cory Neale and Julian Hartwell. Belle was a featured artist in Birds on a Wire Dance Theatre’s HATCH Series.

An active arts educator honored with a scholarship from the Bartol Foundation, Belle educates K-12 children as a Teaching Artist with award-winning Pierre Dulaine’s Dancing Classrooms, Yes! And… Collaborative Arts, Koresh Dance Company, and Friends Central School. In addition to her work with youth, Belle leads open level modern dance classes for adults as well as professional development workshops for teaching artists and arts administrators.

Belle earned her BFA in Dance from Temple University. Learn more at Belle’s website