Watch Ghosts in the Desert

Thank you for joining us in celebrating TOPAZ ARTS’ 21st Year!

Please enjoy the video of the performance of Ghosts in the Desert:

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Based on two poetry texts, The Beauty of Ghosts and The Sahara of I, by Luis H. Francia, Ghosts in the Desert explores a complex range of personal and communal experiences. Featuring the poet/playwright himself, theater artist and activist Claro de los Reyes, dancer/choreographer Paz Tanjuaquio, this multigenre event highlights the too often overlooked Filipinx centuries-long presence in conventional American narratives. Ghosts is a celebration of an indomitable spirit that continues to flourish in the face of many-layered adversity.

Including Dead Stars Still Dance – a digital dance made in collaboration by Paz Tanjuaquio with artist Onome Ekeh, incorporating two selections of poetry in The Sahara of I by Luis H. Francia, and music by Todd B. Richmond. Paz was inspired by Dead Stars, a short story written in 1925 by Paz Benitez-Marquez, her namesake, and one of the most important female literary figures of the Philippines.

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