Hacia la luz is a dance journey into the many worlds Elba has inhabited. This work is the culmination of an intensive exploration into her Andean ancestry through extensive travels and studies with gifted Shamans coupled with her lifelong passion and commitment to the beloved artform of flamenco.

After the discovery that several years ago that Elba was of 51% Andean indigenous descent, She immersed myself in the spiritual teachings of Andean Shamanic medicine and rituals. While on this path, she sought out healing modalities that allowed me to connect with the light and dark shadows that she has inherited. Her spiritual interests and studies of Andean cosmology have led her to question the paradigms that governed the prevailing notions of reality, identity, creativity, activism, spirituality, race, gender, class, and sexuality. Through the lens of flamenco and my her own dance modalities, she hope that Hacia la luz will invite the audience to go on a journey of connection and healing, and to look deeply at the dark shadows we have all inherited.

Join us as we bear witness to what haunts us, and we ask ourselves, “How can we repair el daño (the damage)?”