Atlas Arts Lab presents Angel Ramirez

Atlas Arts Lab presents Angel Ramirez

Atlas Arts Lab is a program of the Atlas Performing Arts Center that provides a platform for individual artists to develop new work and to serve the community through engagement initiatives that encourage civic dialogue and community cohesion. The program facilitates artistic growth and development for artists whose work explores the ideas and issues of our time. The Atlas Arts Lab prioritizes artists who act as change agents for the betterment of our society, culture, and world.

Run Time: 1 hour

Angel Ramirez is a queer Latino dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist originally from El Salvador and now based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, whose work is deeply rooted in community, cultural identity, and care. The founder and artistic director of Angel Ram Dance, Ramirez trained at CityDance Conservatory and earned a professional choreographic diploma from the ICONS Choreographic Dance Institute, where his one-act contemporary ballet Renacimiento premiered. His performance and choreographic work has been presented at major regional venues including the Kennedy Center, Strathmore, Dance Place, Joe’s Movement Emporium, and Atlas Performing Arts Center, and he has collaborated with leading artists and companies nationally and internationally. As a bilingual teaching artist at Dance Loft on 14 and through partnerships with DC Public Schools, Ramirez is committed to accessibility, regularly creating free and low-cost programs that remove financial and institutional barriers to dance.

During his Atlas Arts Lab Residency, Ramirez plans to develop Vamos a bailar?, an evening-length contemporary dance work that blends contemporary technique with salsa, bachata, and Latin social dance to explore nightlife as a site of resilience, healing, and collective joy for Latinx and immigrant communities. The residency will support his goal of expanding a large, collaborative cast, deepening interdisciplinary partnerships with visual and dramaturgical collaborators, and advancing a community-centered creative process that uplifts Latinx and queer narratives while strengthening meaningful connections between artists and audiences. www.angelramdance.com | @Angelramdance