Food for Thought. Curated by Jason Rodriguez
Friday, March 1 | 7:30PM
Dahlia Khair, Rinor Zymberi, Jason Rodriguez
Saturday, March 2 | 7:30PM
Dahlia Khair, Rinor Zymberi, Jose Lapaz Rodriguez
Admission: $5 + 2 cans of food OR $10.
**CASH ONLY!**
Danspace’s Food for Thought series returns!
Part food-drive, part performance, Food For Thought collects canned food donations to support local food distribution programs. Food will be donated to Metropolitan Community Church of New York : a church of LGBTQI people and allies.
This installment of the beloved series will be guest-curated by Jason Rodriguez (aka Slim 007). A dancer, choreographer, teacher, and regular in the Golden Globe nominated Pose, Rodriguez has taught Vogue around the world and currently teaches at various schools and institutions throughout New York City, where he was born and raised.
Rodriguez will host two evenings of improvisation across multiple dance forms with Jose Lapaz Rodriguez, Dahlia Khair, Rinor Zymberi, and Rodriguez himself.
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Jason Anthony Rodriguez is a Dominican-American actor/dancer. Born and raised from Washington Heights in New York City. Went to SUNY Purchase where he received a BA in Arts Management while also studying dance. Found voguing through Benny Ninja and began training under him. He also received mentorship from Dorit Koppel and Kevin Wynn. Trained at Susan Batson Studio in New York City.
He was a Series Regular in Ryan Murphy’s Emmy and Golden Globe -nominated series Pose as “Lamar”. He was Movement Coach for all 3 seasons of Pose and choreographed for season 2. He guest-starred in the Season Finale of The Deuce on HBO as “Enrico”.
He has been featured in the NY Times 5 times by Siobhan Burke, Gia Kourlas and Illise S. Carter.
“Mr. Rodriguez is a subtle scene stealer as Lamar on the FX show “Pose,”- Gia Kourlas NY TimesHe has taught vogue in various institutions throughout the states. He has taught internationally in Dominican Republic, Vienna and Japan.
Recently co-founded Arraygency with Ricardo Sebastian which supports in managing BIPOC Queer & Trans folks and brings them to the forefront of all creative industries.