Dolores Dorantes
Writing, Mexico
Dolores Dorantes is a journalist, writer, therapist, poet, performer, and the Executive Director of Mujer Migrante (a nonprofit organization). She is a Mexican born in the mountains of Veracruz but raised in Ciudad Juárez, right next door to El Paso, which is just across the U.S. border. In 2011, she fled her country and was granted political asylum in Los Angeles. Dorantes is Black and Nahua Indigenous on her mother’s side, andaluza and mestiza on her father’s side. Recent books translated into English are The River, a collaboration with the artist Zoe Leonard, Style, and Copy.
Hassan Taha
Music, Syria/Switzerland
Hassan Taha (b.1968, Homs, Syria) is a Syrian composer, oud player, improviser and horn player. He is based currently in Bern, Switzerland. He is a transdisciplinary artist. His body of work ranges from traditional, experimental music to Théâtre musical (composed/instrumental theatre). His works have been performed in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Lithuania, Malta, Germany, and Switzerland. In 2012 he obtained his Master of Arts in Composition and Theory at the University of the Arts (HKB) Bern.
Monday, October 16th, 2023
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6:15 PM Fellows’ Presentations
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