About the Event

Join SMoCA for an unforgettable evening of performances and video screenings with Roadside Attraction: Challenging Reality Now. This one-night-only event brings together an array of artists and performers to showcase their work. 

Performances

Matthew Mendez

Indefinido 

Choreography: Matthew Mendez
Music:  Alt-J
Dancer: Matthew Mendez 

Metro Arts Dancers. Photo by Stephanie Carrico

Me vs We 

Choreography: Alex Solano
Music: Shed
Dancers: Metro Arts Dancers (Noxx Kafton, Jayden Simmons, Lucia Tamura, Evangelina Wells) 

Molly Schenck

Autonomic Story 

Choreography: Molly W. Schenck
Music: (I Am) Climbing on Air by Kai Engel
Dancer: Molly W. Schenck 

Liliana Gomez. Photo by Rick Meinecke

Cuéntame Cuentos 

Choreography:  Liliana Gomez in collaboration with dancers
Music: Helado Negro, Molly Lewis, El Buho
Dancers: Daniela Preito, Steven Redondo, and Juan Carlos García Gutiérrez 

Nicole L Olson for Candy Jimenez. Photo by Ashley Baker

Drinking of Them Like Wine (2023) 

Choreography: Candy Jimenez
Music: Ivo Dimchev and Solomon Burke
Dancer: Nicole L Olson 

Methods of Madness Dance Theatre – Halley Willcox. Photo by Rick Meinecke

Crying in Public, an excerpt from a rose for you 

Choreography: Halley Willcox and Dancers, Methods of Madness Dance Theater 
Music: Madi Diaz 
Dancers: Janessa Hill, Zakiya Johnson, James Lantz, Ellen Sickenberger, Rebecca Witt 
Make up: Steven Redondo