A live performance collaboration between choreographer Rosanna Tavarez and technologist Drew Trujillo transforms the body into an instrument

Santa Fe, NM — April 9, 2026 — The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) presents ¡Otro!, a live performance work at the intersection of contemporary dance and real-time movement sonification, taking place in the IAIA Digital Dome on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM.

The performance brings together choreographer and Countertechnique Senior Teacher Rosanna Tavarez and artist-technologist Drew Trujillo for the debut of the next iteration of ¡Otro!, Trujillo's custom system for capturing and translating human movement into live sound and immersive visualization. As Tavarez moves through the dome, her body becomes the instrument — her gestures, velocity, and spatial presence rendered in real time as spatialized audio and generative imagery projected across the full surface of IAIA's state-of-the-art dome environment.

"¡Otro! is an ongoing investigation into what it means to listen to a body," said Trujillo. "Rosanna's practice rooted in full-body intelligence — gives the system something genuinely worth hearing."

Tavarez brings a singular artistic range to the collaboration. Holding an MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University and a BFA from the University of Michigan, she has performed and created work at venues including The Broad Museum, REDCAT, ODC Theater, and Highways Performance Space, and has received support from the Maxwell Hanrahan Award, the Center for New Performance, and the UCLA Hothouse Residency, among others. She has studied Countertechnique since 2011 and is one of eleven certified American Countertechnique teachers — a designation that places her practice within a rigorous, internationally recognized somatic movement tradition. She currently serves as BFA Program Director at CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance.

Trujillo is the Computer Science Program Developer and Visiting Faculty at IAIA, where he leads the development of an interdisciplinary CS degree integrating Indigenous artistic and cultural expression with technology. His practice spans generative art, movement sonification, spatial audio, and performance — with work presented across the United States, Asia, and Europe.

The IAIA Digital Dome features an 8K immersive projection system and a 37.5-channel spatialized audio environment, offering audiences a fully enveloping sensory experience rarely available outside of major research institutions.

Admission is free and open to the public.

About the Institute of American Indian Arts The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is a federally chartered tribal college located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, dedicated to the study, creative application, preservation, and care of the artistic, cultural, and intellectual traditions of Native peoples of the world.

About the IAIA Digital Dome The IAIA Digital Dome is a premier immersive media facility featuring 8K projection mapping across a full dome surface, a 37.5-channel spatialized audio system, and real-time interactive capabilities supporting research, performance, and community programming.