Stampede (2009)

Stampede, by Cuban-born choreographer Marianela Boan, reflects on surviving obstacles imposed by society. The dance is performed around a rotating set of crowd control barriers and features original music by Christian Cherry with a sound design by Ms. Boan.

Marianela Boan is an internationally known choreographer, recognized as one of the most important artists of contemporary Cuban dance and a leader of the Hispanic-American dance vanguard. Her revolutionary style, “Contaminated Dance,” radically merges all the arts in dance performance to produce an original form. As choreographer, dancer and professor, Boan has worked in over 40 countries and created more than 50 choreographic pieces.