Sun, Mar 24
|Brooklyn Art Haus
Born, Never Asked.
Born, Never Asked. sheds light on the complexity of international adoption through acrobatics, dance, spoken world, and visual imagery. Born in Colombia, raised in NYC, Zoë Klein embarks on this personal journey in order to question the importance of bloodline, birthland, language, and culture.
Time & Location
Mar 24, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Brooklyn Art Haus, 24 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
About the event
America's Got Talent finalist Zoë Klein presents "Born, Never Asked." an acrobatic and aerial dance theater piece that sheds light on the complexity of international adoption and family separation. Extraordinary and captivating acrobatic and visual imagery with evoking soundscapes, dance and spoken word serves as a vessel to invite conversation around loss, race, immigration, citizenship and the importance of origin. Born in Colombia, raised in NYC, Zoë Klein embarks on this personal journey in order to question: How can one achieve wholeness in the face of conflicting loyalities between languages, lands, families, and cultures?
“Born, Never Asked.” was nominated for the 2019 Isadora Duncan “Izzie” Dance Award for best ensemble in San Francisco.
Choreography, Audio & Visual Design by Zoë Klein
Performed by Zoë Klein, Andrew Pacho, David Paris, Hien Huynh.
VENUE DIRECTIONS: G - Train to Metropolitan Ave or L - Train to Lorimer St. Both are approx 2 blocks from the theater. Come early to grab dinner or drink at the cafe.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Zoë Klein is a multi-disciplinary choreographer, acrobat, lighting designer, visual artist and activist living bicoastal in Oakland, CA and Brooklyn, NY. Zoë is an indigenous, internationally adopted person, born in Colombia, raised in Brooklyn. Zoë Klein co-directs Paradizo Dance since 2005 having performed in 26 countries over 6 continents and was top finalist on "America's Got Talent,” and appeared on “So You Think You Can Dance.” She is a world leader in teaching lifts and tricks to salsa and ballroom conventions in the US and internationally.