LIVE PERFORMANCE
The Movement Immigrant Orchestra is a collaboration of Bay Area based immigrant musicians who have created a live concert sharing the vibrant, hyphenated sounds of multiple homelands: Ethio-Jazz meets Mexican Ranchera, Indian Classical melodies meet Eastern European rhythms, Taiwanese folk songs meet Spanish guitar. More than a concert alone, this full length show reminds us of our cultural strength, community resilience, and collaborative potential.
From 2021 - 2023, our performance work was focused on Movement LIVE, a ninety minute theatrical-concert experience. We collaborated with local immigrant musicians in every city that we toured to, from Los Angeles, to Seattle, the Bay Area, Phoenix, Washington DC, New York City, and Abu Dhabi, engaging in months long storytelling workshops with each of our collaborating artists..
Movement LIVE was co-commissioned by The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, , Stanford Live, Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College (Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD) and Arizona State University, Gammage.
