June 26, 2012 at 7pm

EMERGENYC 2012: La MaMa and The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics presents the final, multidisciplinary performance-presentations by students of its yearly Emerging Artist Program (EMERGENYC) led by George Emilio Sanchez. For more info visit www.emergenyc.org

ABOUT EMERGENYC
EMERGENYC, the Hemispheric New York Emerging Performers Program, trains New York based emerging artists through a yearly program of workshops, lectures and other events. With an emphasis on activist performance and drawing on the experience of distinguished artists, activists and scholars, the program encourages participants to take interdisciplinary leaps, mix styles and traditions, and develop incisive new work at the intersection of performance and politics.

ABOUT THE HEMISPHERIC INSTITUTE
The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics is a network of institutions, artists, scholars, and activists dedicated to exploring the relationship between performance and politics in the Americas. In addition to EMERGENYC, the Institute’s initiatives include graduate level courses, work groups, conference-festivals (Encuentros), a Digital Video Library (HIDVL), archives, an online journal (e-misférica) and more. For more information visit www.hemisphericinstitute.org.