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trying to sweep back the ocean with a broom (2016)

An investigation of racial ambiguity and crossing the color line through the lens of the Rhinelander case of 1925, in which a mixed race woman was accused of defrauding her white husband by passing as a white woman. 

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​Choreographer & Performer | Alethea Pace

Sound | Studio Green Penguin

Video | Alethea Pace

Projection Designer | Mikhail Torich

Text | Urayoán Noel​

Photographer | Marisol Diaz and Darial Sneed

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Supporters | Open Call Residency, a collaboration between Pepatián and BAAD!

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Performances

December 2017, New York Live Arts (excerpt)

April 2017, WestFest Dance (excerpt)

January 2017, Pregones Theater/PRTT (excerpt)

November 2016, BAAD! (premiere)

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trying to sweep back the ocean (2016)
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Fresh Tracks Artist 2017-18: Alethea Pace
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© 2025 by Alethea Pace

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