MY GUIDE TO FEELING IT ALL
Angelina Benitez
my guide to feeling it all is an intricate movement tapestry portraying the wide range of human emotion imagined by Angelina Benitez, created and performed with Benitez and dancers Katrina Conte and Alexandria Nunweiler. Through this contemporary dance work, the performers seek to identify, portray, and celebrate the full range of human emotion - from the sad to the angry to the joyful and everything in between - embodying the contradictions that make up the human experience including the intersection of shame and pride, love and grief, anxiety and excitement. As a queer latinx artist, Benitez weaves themes of identity and self-acceptance into the narrative. She includes deeply personal elements of her own journey of "straight" allyship, monogamy, breakups, and polyamory. The work celebrates the beauty of authenticity and strength in vulnerability. Benitez invites viewers to embrace their own identities and express their emotions without fear or judgment, while challenging the societal norms that often encourage us to suppress or compartmentalize our feelings. Original recorded music by Adam Matthew, a singer-songwriter working with vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, supports the atmosphere of emotionality and empathy with Adam’s heartfelt and accessible indie-folk style.
Experience my guide to feeling it all
my guide to feeling it all premiered as an informal presentation on November 18 at MAGMA. We will be sharing an excerpt of the work at The Dance Complex December 9&10 at 8pm and 7pm respectively. Learn more through our upcoming events tab.
| Read the Virtual Program for our MAGMA Presentation Here! |
The project was developed by Angelina Benitez with Katrina Conte and
Alexandria Nunweiler; original score by Adam Matthew Mendonca.
Photo by Nicole Marie Photography, @nicole.mari.photography
Alexandria Nunweiler; original score by Adam Matthew Mendonca.
Photo by Nicole Marie Photography, @nicole.mari.photography