A methodology for incorporating concepts drawn from ancestor trance in Afrolatinx ritual for actors trained in Western methods. Working toward an understanding of the performer’s lived experience while performing, drawing on knowledge of trance in Lukumí and Palo Monte and examining how the ontologies speak to each other. 12 b&w illus.
Dr. Christopher (Kit) Danowski (xe/xem) has an MFA in Playwriting and Fiction from Arizona State University, and a PhD through the University of Plymouth (U.K.) and Transart Institute for Creative Practice (Berlin). Danowski has presented performance work and spoken word in Phoenix, Brooklyn, Berlin, Krakow, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Brighton, among other places.