Photo by Ricardo E Adame

Monday, September 28, 2020 at 8pm CT

Option presents: Jasmine Mendoza, Interview with Ken Vandermark

“We’re honored to host Jasmine Mendoza on the Option Quarantine concert series. Jasmine’s highly engaging and image-based movement is a unique and personal exploration influenced by a multiplicity of ideas including, but not limited to, Butoh, BodyWeather, and the art of improvisation.” -Tim Daisy/Option Curator

Jasmine Mendoza is a multidisciplinary artist interested in movement that develops a conscious relation to the state of change inside and outside the body. Combining both high-energy work and quiet, meditative movement, Jasmine explores the body’s conversation with earth, animal and human; using the body’s ability to transform and extend beyond its human flesh. 

“I am fascinated by imagery, it’s where my movement exploration process begins. Imagine the human form transforming into an animal for 8 minutes at a speed of 1 millimeter per second. How does the body transform into an animal with this specific time parameter? Where must the movement be initiated from in order to honestly embody the animal at 1 millimeter per second? These are the kinds of things that drive my work.” —Jasmine

Jasmine has presented work in Chicago, New Mexico, and New Orleans. Frequent collaborators include The Instigation Festival, Anna Martine Whitehead, Zach Nicol, Jenn Freeman, Lia Kohl, Corey Smith, Kioto Aoki, Bri Brilliant, and Charles Rumback.