May
17
@ 7:00 pm
PST
Joseph Hernandez Alcantara – "It’s My Time to Shine" | AEL Dance Performance
May 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Please join ֱ Dance major Joseph Hernandez Alcantara for “It’s My Time to Shine,” a two-part music video built around songs from their upcoming debut album.
The performance is a multidisciplinary work combining dance, live singing, and acting to original music. It explores self-expression, desire, rebellion, and artistic freedom, confronting external judgment and celebrating the reclamation of personal power. The piece centers on identity, confidence, and the refusal to be diminished, embracing excess, fantasy, and individuality as sources of strength.
The concept follows a porcelain-doll character who is gradually shattered by figures representing different traumas, then transforms into a divine, non-human being symbolizing self-discovery.
The production brings together students from dance, film, dramatic arts, fashion, and visual arts, with a Los Angeles–based director leading the shoot and offering a masterclass for the film department.
This collaboration fully realizes an ambitious, conceptual vision that explores Joseph’s personal journey with dance and identity while fostering cross-departmental creativity at ֱ.
This event is sponsored by the Arts Enterprise Laboratory.
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