Braiding Paths: Dancing in Harmony with Other Humans With Eddie Oroyan & Jessica Eirado Enes

 Eddie Oroyan

Eddie feels most at home in Hawaii, growing up half his youth in Waipahu and is delighted to have the chance to be on the island again.

After an injury in late 2014, Oroyan began a practice of meditation and observation. His performing and studies have long included animal reflex training and proper response, but his new practice has and continues to teach him curiosity and awareness of the more subtle and delicate, the empathetic. After returning to performing and teaching, Oroyan is moved to explore and share these discoveries through the stage and classroom.

He performed with the internationally renowned company Ultima Vez for nearly six years, having toured and performed primarily with What the Body Does not Remember and In Spite of Wishing and Wanting. He also performed in the works Spiritual Unity and Radical Wrong and a newer work, Scattered Memories, commemorating 35 years of the company’s existence. 

Eddie is currently also working with Emanuel Gat Dance creating and touring WORKS, STORY WATER, LOVETRAIN2020, ACT II & III, and TRÄUME. 

His experience spans Creach/ Company, Shapiro & Smith, ARENA Dances, Zenon, Andrea Miller, and Roberto Olivan. He was a founding mover and continues as an Artistic Associate for company Black Label Movement in Minneapolis. Eddie has had collaborative works presented at American Dance Festival 2014 (w/ Carl Flink) and Zürich Tanzt 2015 (w/ Rakesh Sukesh). He presented a solo in 2016 at P12 Space in Brussels and premiered a duet with Natalia Pieczuro at Dag van de Dans 2017. In February 2018, Eddie was part of The Guest Project in Thessaloniki in co-creation of a new trio. Since the beginning of 2018, his new work has been housed in his company My Homeless Lover, which he co-directs with Jessica Eirado Enes. They internationally toured their work, PASTA E LAVA, and are currently touring a 20 minute work, IVY, a work pulled from observation of and learning from nature. 

Jessica Eirado Enes

Jessica was born in Italy, now based in Brussels as a freelance dancer/ choreographer. Jessica took her dance training in Modem Codici Gestuali of Compagnia Zappalà Danza in Sicily. While there, she did an internship in Compagnia Petrillo Danza directed by Loris Petrillo. In 2016, Jessica also received a scholarship to join the intensive program for contemporary dancers “NOD” in Turin, studying repertory of companies, such as Batsheva, Ultima Vez, Hofesh Shechter. Jessica is co-founder and artistic director of company My Homeless Lover. They have toured their full evening length work, PASTA E LAVA, which premiered in Genova in Novmeber 2018 around Europe and Hawaii and is currently touring a newer, shorter creation, IVY, a work inspired from observing nature. She was part of a collective of women, including Marika Meoli and Iro Grigoriadi, that created a 40 minute work, called È Vietato il Gioco Della Palla, supported by Ursino Buskers Festival 2017. For her professional experience, Jessica joined Compagnia Petranura Danza, directed by Salvatore Romania and Laura Odierna, dancing and touring throughout Italy in several pieces of the company: Agamennone Criminal Case, South Sensation, Agua/Resistenza. Jessica worked also with Annamaria Ajmone, performing in Imaginary Garden With Real Toads in Them during Festival Biennale of Venice. In 2017, Jessica was part of the acclaimed production of Requiem for Aleppo, choreographed by Jason Mabana, which premiered at Sadler’s Wells Theatre followed by an European tour. In 2018 , Jessica joined the Belgian company Zemiata, directed by Youri De Gussem. Jessica has toured extensively throughout Europe since 2020 with Alexander Vantournhout(Not Standing Company) the works SCREWS and CONTRE JOUR. Most recently, Jessica premiered and is currently touring a new creation, THE NATURE OF INTIMACY, with Agostina D’Alessandro’s company in Marseilles and Brussels.