Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre

Claudia Rightmire-Train, Gerardo Pilatti, Victoria Mora, Cecilia Benitez, Katie Stirman, Barbara Caridad Meulner, Liony Garcia | photo by George Echevarria

Grant Recipient

Claudia Rightmire-Train, Gerardo Pilatti, Victoria Mora, Cecilia Benitez, Katie Stirman, Barbara Caridad Meulner, Liony Garcia | photo by George Echevarria

Location

Miami, FL

Digital Presence

Artist Website

Project Title

Tropical Depression

Fiscal Year Awarded

2026

Grant or Program

National Dance Project Production Grant

Grant Amount

$55,000

Tropical Depression investigates the force of nostalgia within the exile community and its ramifications in the personal, social, and political realm. This subversive cabaret/dance theater performance by Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre explores the complexities of identity, memory, and preservation. Conjuring Deși Arnaz, David Lynch, and Pina Baush, this work is joyful, surrealist celebration of immigrant life. Set against the current backdrop of political persecution and demonization of immigrants, Tropical Depression celebrates the glamor and beauty of the Caribbean, allowing for a provocative commentary on the ways in which cultural narratives shape collective identities over time.

Caretakers of Land/Land Acknowledgement: The traditional land of the Seminole and Tequesta people and currently the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.

Estimated Artist Fee:

$26k-29k + travel and housing (1 show + engagement)

$33k-37k + travel and housing (2-3 shows + engagement)

$43k-$49k + travel and housing (1 week + engagement)

A male dancer in a rumba costume sits on a stool with a forlorn expression. He wears a headpiece with real fruit in it. A manicured hand reaches from the side of the photo to steal a strawberry from his headpiece.

Liony Garcia | photo by George Echevarria

3 dancers in rumba costumes sit casually on a bench with the beach in the background. Their expressions range from exhaustion, disinterest and longing.

Simon Rightmire-Train, Britney Tokumoto, Rayne Raney | photo by George Echevarria

One performer in drag makeup and glitter tears holds palm fronds and stares into the camera with an expression of longing.

Gerardo Pilatti | photo by George Echevarria

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