MADRES
(Mothers and Daughters Reaching Empowered States)
A group comprised of transitional homeless women committed to the idea that performance = empowerment
“Even a modicum of marvel (is) generally out of fashion during these skeptical days. But there are artists like choreographer Sarah Elgart who are making miracles.”
Sarah Elgart | Founder & Artistic Director
Performances from 1990 -1996
Abundance
La Boca Performance Space - Los Angeles, USA
(with funds from City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs)
Abundance
National Women’s Theater Festival UCLA - Los Angeles, USA
Abundance
Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles, USA
Abundance
Die Arc for the European Culture Capital - Antwerp, Belgium
(made possible in part by a Grant from NEA & Rockefeller Foundations)
Every Woman Evidence
Bradbury Building - Los Angeles USA
(commissioned by Getty Arts)
La Boca Performance Space - Los Angeles, USA
(with funds from City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs)
Skin of the Rich
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La Boca Performance Space - Los Angeles, USA
(with funds from City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs)
Abundance
Cathedral St John the Divine - New York, USA
(with residents of Homes for the Homeless, funded in part by W. Alton Jones Foundation and Cathedral St John the Divine, NY)