The UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese invites you to a presentation by Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil, the 2023-2024 UC Regents Lecturer. Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil is a linguist, writer, activist, and public intellectual based in Ayutla Mixe (Oaxaca, Mexico), whose work focuses on the study, preservation, and revitalization of Indigenous languages across Mesoamerica. Aguilar...

Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996, is a documentary about Rompeforma: Marató n de Baile, Performance & Visuales, the experimental Latinx dance and performance festival that took place in Puerto Rico from 1989-1996. Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996 features dozens of performances and commentary by many current leaders of the field, and some who have sadly passed. Fenomenal intends to...