Directed by Claren Grosz and Augusto Bitter
With music by Y Josephine
Co-produced with Buddies in Bad Times
as part of the Genrefuck Series

May 21-31, 2025 in the Buddies Chamber Space

Reina envisions the many lives of the anonymous woman depicted on a bag of Harina P.A.N. corn flour. A movement-centric hybrid between theatre, dance, and performance art that resists categorization, it invokes and celebrates personal femininity through a collection of poems, sculptures, and choreographies in conversation with music by Y Josephine.

We’re excited to be presented at Buddies as part of Genrefuck: Four movement-driven solo pieces on the edge of gender and genre. Two intimate works converse and collide in a double-bill. The other piece is Julie Phan’s world premiere of Never Walk Alone, which uses pole dance to navigate alienation, projection and inertia within different relational spheres.

Photo by Fran Chudnoff

 

Artists

Creator, Co-Director - Augusto Bitter
Co- Director, Producer - Claren Grosz
Composition - Y Josephine
Performer - Jaime Lujan
Sound Designer - Mickey Rodriguez
Lighting Designer - Shawn Henry
Stage Manager - Taylor Zalik-Young
ASL Performer - Courage Bacchus
ASL Consultant - Juan Jaramillo

 

This project is made possible with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, The Toronto Arts Council with funding from the City of Toronto, and the Ontario Arts Council.