In This Bridge Called My Ass, six Latinx performers map an elusive choreography of obsessive and perverse action within an unstable terrain of bodies, materials and sound. A formal logic binds the group and propels them to create a constantly transforming world where their togetherness retains autonomy to complicate the idea of identity. Clichéd Latin-American songs and the form of the telenovela are exploited to show how familiar structures contain absurdity that reveal and celebrate difference. (chocolatefactorytheater.org)

Created and Composed by Miguel Gutierrez
Performed by Alvaro Gonzalez, John Gutierrez, Miguel Gutierrez, Xandra Ibarra, Nibia Pastrana Santiago, and Evelyn Sanchez Narvaez

 Collaborators: Tuçe Yasak (lighting designer), Stephanie Acosta (dramaturg, assistant director), Matthe Shalzi (prop design), Rosana Caban (recording engineer)

Premiered at Chocolate Factory Theater, January 9 - 19 2019
Tour includes Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier (June 2019), Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (September 2019), The Walker Arts Center among others

photos from Chocolate Factory Theater and Centre Chorégraphique

This Bridge Called My Ass @ Chocolate Factory Theater
https://brooklynrail.org/2019/02/dance/Miguel-Gutierrez-This-Bridge-Called-My-Ass

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/arts/dance/review-miguel-gutierrez-this-bridge.html

https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/impressionsreviews/view/Miguel-Gutierrezs-This-Bridge-Called-My-Ass-The-Chocolate-Factory-American-Realness

This Bridge Called My Ass @ TBA Festival - Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts
https://www.pica.org/tba/this-bridge/

This Bridge Called My Ass @ Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier, France
https://www.paris-art.com/miguel-gutierrez-montpellier-danse-agora-this-bridge-called-my-ass/