The proposal that Rodney made to Chiquita was to create a contemporary ballet based on an authentic Santería ritual, putting her at the center of the action. “I was to play this foreign white woman who goes slumming one night and finds herself at a bembé. I start to move to the music and suddenly I am possessed by the spirit of the santo.” It was the same idea behind Sun Sun Babae, but with two key differences: Chiquita’s acrobatic range, which would allow for far greater possibilities once the woman in the show became possessed; and Ardura’s promise to Rodney that he could have a nearly
...more
An amazing idea!
