PURIGADO

Choreography by Rubén Graciani 
Costumes by Yo Ma Ma
Lighting by Philip Schroll
Music by Ezio Bosso

Purigado, an Esperanto word for cleansing, purification, explores ideas of need versus want, the push and pull of our individual hopes and desires, go away versus please stay, and the idea that sometimes something breaking down before rebuilding is a powerful cleansing of the spirit and an opportunity for growth.  -Rubén Graciani 

Created for and premiered by DanceWorks Chicago at Theater Rüsselsheim in Rüsselsheim, Germany, on February 9, 2022.