Dance: Christian Paris Blue and Ruben Dorame-Leon

Democracy In Motion: The Art of Movement, Connection, and Community

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Join us for an evening of dance transforming MOCA into a site for the convergence of art, movement, and conversation.
6:00 – 7:30pm

Move through the galleries of MOCA and encounter live dance performances alongside the museum’s current exhibitions featuring new ensemble works by Tucson choreographers Christian Paris Blue and Ruben Dorame-Leon.
7:30 – 8:30pm

Performances are followed by a conversation-focused reception, where attendees can to connect directly with the artists and fellow attendees to share experiences, respond to the work, and explore the ideas raised throughout the evening with food and drinks.

Presented by MOCA Tucson and the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona. Chorographer curator is Duane Cyrus, Director, School of Dance, University of Arizona.

 

About the Choreographers

Ruben Dorame-Leon is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the School of Dance at the University of Arizona. Dorame-Leon also owns and operates a nonprofit dance studio in South Tucson. The studio “Drop” opened in 2011, offering affordable hip-hop, funk, and street style dance and culture classes and has won multiple international competitions in 2015 and 2017. In addition to dance classes, Drop studio also offers performances, media projects, and educational programs to our community with the hope to inspire, manifest, and elevate the future generations of dance artists and leaders. 

Christian Paris Blue is a Black and Mexican queer choreographer, dancer, and educator based in Tucson, Arizona. A graduate of the University of Arizona School of Dance and current MFA candidate, his creative voice is expressive of his multiple identities, rooted in lived experiences and an ongoing curiosity of how to demonstrate intimacy, identity, vulnerability, and connection in performance. Sometimes loud, sometimes soft, but always human, Christian creates art through dance, movement, music, improvisation, and storytelling. He is particularly interested in how bodies communicate with, protect, and maintain connection with one another while in motion.