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DISCO RIOT is a local innovative dance company, focused on collaborative, movement-based art. Throughout the past two years of the pandemic, Disco Riot has created some beautiful dance films and projects, like the "Move American" series of short films about voting issues, or "A Year of Distance." I also recently watched the company add choreography to contemporary artist Ana de Alvear's hyperrealistic drawings at the San Diego Museum of Art. Disco Riot returns to SDMA for a new SDMA+ project, reflecting on Cauleen Smith's contemporary video work — which is itself a work inspired by an early 1600s masterpiece in the museum's collection, Juan Sánchez Cotán’s "Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber." RELATED: A Not-So Still Life: Cauleen Smith At SDMA The short performances are free with museum admission, and take place in the museum's rotunda. Smith's installation is still on view at SDMA. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS (from San Diego weekend arts preview) From the museum: Friday, April 1 at 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. Free with Museum admission. The modern dancers of DISCO RIOT explore the Art of the Americas through movement and physical expression in this special live performance inspired by Cauleen Smith’s video installation “Flori Canta”. These seven-minute performance sets will take place in the Museum rotunda at 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Performance date and times are subject to change. Related links: Disco Riot on Instagram Disco Riot on Facebook SDMA on Instagram SDMA visiting information

The Candlewood Arts Festival runs throughout Borrego Springs from March to March 27. Meet the artists at opening weekend March 5-6. Free tickets available here. Artist list: Allison Wiese Sherin Guirguis Noé Olivas Jake Freilich Carlos Ramirez Alison Saars Opening weekend schedule: Find a full schedule here. The unofficial headquarters for the opening weekend will be at Christmas Circle from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sunday. Maps are available there to begin self-guided tours. Saturday, Mar. 5 at 1:30 - 3 p.m.: Artist talk at the Borrego Springs library Saturday, Mar. 5 at 4-5 p.m.: Performance by Amitis Motevalli in response to Sherin Guiguis' installation at Seley Ranches/Seley Orchards Fruit Stand (free tickets here) Saturday, Mar. 5 at 6-8 p.m.: Opening reception at Candlewood Arts Festival Gallery (reserve free tickets here); The Mall, 610 Palm Canyon Dr., Borrego Springs Sunday, Mar. 6 at 10 am. to 12 p.m.: Meet the artists at their artworks Interactive map of artworks: From the organizers: The Candlewood Arts Festival celebrates the connections between art, community, and our shared environment in the dramatic landscape of Borrego Springs, California. Throughout the month of March 2022, experience newly commissioned site-specific works of art — sculpture, installation, performance, and photography— and family-friendly art-making workshops in this unique community surrounded by the Anza Borrego Desert. Access to all events is free. The Under the Sun Foundation sponsors the Candlewood Arts Festival and the permanent Sky Art sculptures also found on Galleta Meadows in Borrego Springs. Related links: Candlewood Arts Festival on Facebook Candlewood Arts Festival on Instagram

Word Up! returns to The Old Globe's outdoor Copley Plaza for the first program in 2022. This pandemic-era project of the Globe's AXIS and Arts Engagement division features Mad Libs-inspired collaboration, audience participation, interdisciplinary creativity and lots of special guests. Hosted by the Globe's Laura Zee, Sunday's program will be a playwriting collaboration featuring the South West Asian and North African (SWANA) communities in the region, including guest teaching artist Farah Dinga and student and former Afghan refugee Wahida Hamdard — plus other guests. Most Word Up! events feature a live DJ or musical performance, too. Regulars Ric Scales, Miki Vale and Valeria Vega will also appear. The in-person event will be concurrently livestreamed on the Globe's YouTube channel. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS (from San Diego Weekend Arts Events) Related links: The Old Globe Arts Engagement on Instagram The Old Globe Arts Engagement on Facebook

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