Ancestral grammar is a research based experimental performance with material textile installations centering on enslaved legacies and cosmologies within Sonoran Southwest Latinx Communities. A collaboration with founder and lead choreographer of Ballet Folklorico Los Mextucaz, Angelica Lopez,  Ancestral Grammar is an installation and movement journey from the shores of West Africa to the coast of Modern day Mexico. This project is centered in historical research, folkloric dance research, and experimental textile and performance digital media.

Friday, June 19, 2026

The projects

174 Toole Ave

5pm-7pm

Please bring a floral offering for one of the performances

Ancestral Grammar is supported in part by Night Bloom Grants for Artists funding through MOCA Tucson and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Photos by Alanna Airitram