Inside the Studio with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings Comes to San Francisco

This month, choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa has been in the studio setting Broken Wings, her critically acclaimed mini masterpiece that explores the life and art of the celebrated Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo. Audiences will remember Lopez Ochoa for her original work Guernica and its accompanying short film, an imaginative piece inspired by Picasso created for our 2018 Unbound Festival.

Originally commissioned in 2016 for the English National Ballet under the direction of Tamara Rojo, Lopez Ochoa’s contemporary vision of Kahlo’s life explores her artwork, inspiration, relationships, and physical and emotional challenges, all through the lens of her Mexican culture.

This work offers the unique opportunity to enter into the realms of the paintings themselves lending a unique interpretation of Kahlo’s wildly creative spirit. Broken Wings will be onstage in Dos Mujeres. This program features the works of two visionary female choreographers who have crafted narrative works chronicling dynamic Latina stories. Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Cuban-born Arielle Smith are among the growing cohort of emerging female dancemakers paving the way for the art form’s future generations.