EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 In a world that constantly demands we move faster, a new artistic exploration at the University of Texas at El Paso is asking us to intentionally slow down.<\/p>\n
“Slow Emergences” uses dance, performance and panel discussions to rethink how we handle global emergencies.<\/p>\n
Produced by UTEP’s Department of Theatre and Dance, the concert is urging the community to move away from rushed fixes and instead focus on long-term well-being and collective care.<\/p>\n
RECOMMENDED: El Paso promoter J&K Present confirms DJ Mochakk will top Detour at Franklin Mountains<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe goal of this concert is to really highlight how dance can be a method, a practice that we share with the community to tackle all those matters that ongoing speed, acceleration, global crisis, tend to destroy. So we want use dance as a way to revalue and reimagine things that really matter in our everyday life,\u201d said Melissa Melpignano, Director of Theatre and Dance at UTEP. \u201cSo we want to use dance as a way to revalue and reimagine things that really matter in our everyday life. For instance, the healthcare system, something that I research, and I choreographed about with dancers and healthcare providers.\u201d<\/p>\n UTEP dance student Crystal Najera said he enjoyed getting to work with people who are not traditional performers.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like, I mean, I think this is my fourth or fifth show here at UTEP, but I think this is the one I’ve been most excited to perform because I, again, I get to be on the stage with people who have never been on a stage in this specific setting before, so we get to see the kinds of things that like, you feel as a first performer that we often don’t feel anymore now that we’re performing as often as we do,\u201d Najera said.<\/p>\n RECOMMENDED: Tuff Hedeman bull riding event rides into El Paso County Coliseum Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n According to organizers, the goal of the concert is to reimagine a more sustainable future for healthcare, social welfare and the climate.<\/p>\n You can catch “Slow Emergences” Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Wise Family Theatre.<\/p>\n