From the Spanish for "wild growth/undergrowth" or, understood to mean "sickness," La Maleza: Weeds as Teachers, is an experimental dance performance and installation created in collaboration with sound-based artist Anthony Alméndarez (Houston, TX), visual artist Nicole Sara Simpkins (Minneapolis, MN), and featuring choreography by Paty Lorena Solórzano.

Through conceptual choreography and improvised vignettes, the dance questions what it means to be uprooted and/or find roots in unfamiliar spaces, and what plants can teach us about healing troubled environments. The work is an invitation into a sensory experience to rethink the concept of "weeds.”

November 6 & 7, 2026

7:00 PM - Doors Open

7:30 PM - Show

Post-show reception to follow

Post-show talk November 7

$15 Pre-sale tickets available through November 5th

$20 at the door CC and Tap Payments only

Choreography & Performance: Paty Lorena Solórzano

Music & Sound Design: Anthony Almendárez

Costume and Installation: Nicole Sara Simpkins

With Guest Performers from Houston Met Dance

Dramaturgy: efrén cruz cortés, jhon r. stronks