ABOUT
Apollo is a dance-theater work that explores intergenerational queer dynamics, memory, HIV/AIDS, and legacy. Blending dance, theater, and queer history, the piece reimagines Greek mythology’s Apollo and Balanchine’s 1928 ballet through lived queer experience. Instead of Muses, Apollo encounters three queer elders—past iterations of himself—who challenge, guide, and reflect him. Together, they navigate mentorship, community, and the body as an archive of memory and survival. By confronting ageism and honoring queer legacies, Apollo celebrates connection across generations and redefines who gets to be seen and celebrated on stage.
FEATURING
Dancers Clarence Brooks, Octavio Campos, Frank Campisano, Pioneer Winter & original music performed live by Diego Melgar
SUPPORT
These performances of Apollo are made possible by AMPLIFY ARTS, a Broward Center initiative, and Our Fund Foundation.
The creation of Pioneer Winter Collective’s Apollo is made possible by a 2022 Creative Capital Award. Apollo is a 2024 National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by Miami Light Project in partnership with Carolina Theatre of Durham and NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Apollo also received support from the National Performance Network (NPN) Artist Engagement Fund and Alternate ROOTS.
Apollo was created during a series of short, intense residencies at Miami Light Project, The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Atlantic Center for the Arts, The Movement Lab at Barnard College, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, and The Ringling.
AMPLIFY ARTS is a new Broward Center initiative which aims to support and elevate local artists and emerging arts organizations with the goal of helping them reach a wider audience and develop their skills as professional presenters. There will be opportunities for South Florida artists in a wide variety of performing arts genres to bring their talents to Broward Center venues throughout the year.
In the 2025/2026 season, the Broward Center’s AMPLIFYARTS initiative is made possible by Wayne and Lucretia Weiner, Baptist Health and TD Charitable Foundation.
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