Lourdes Leon knows the best spots to watch and immerse yourself in art in New York. Recently, she promoted the dance work and choreography of one of her closest friends, the choreographer Aimee Grumbach.
© Backgrid/The Grosby GroupIn photos shared on her Instagram stories, Leon provided some snippets of the performance and of Grumbach celebrating the release of her show.
The show is called "Tundra" and is scheduled for two nights, February 5th and 6th, at Pageant, a venue in East Williamsburg.
Leon shared a video of the dance itself, showing her sitting close to the performers. She also shared images of her friend Grumbach, holding on to some flowers and surrounded by friends as she made a face for the camera.
© @lourdesleonIn previous interviews, Leon has opened up about her experience with dance and how much she connects the art form with music, which is her current passion. “I think dance and music are synonymous. I grew up doing ballet until I was 19, and when I went to SUNY Purchase, I discovered modern dance, and it changed my life because I knew I didn’t want to be a ballet dancer; I wasn’t emotionally connected to it,” she said in an interview with i-D.
“I started doing Gaga dance, which is a technique that Ohad Naharin, the creative director of Batsheva dance company, created. It’s a sensory-based improv where you are pushing your body to every limit it can possibly go, and giving yourself no limitations.”
Leon's decision to embrace music
© Getty ImagesLeon released her first EP in 2022, titled "Go" under the stage name Lolahol. When discussing her project, Leon shared the difficulties of making art as the daughter of Madonna, one of the biggest pop stars in the entire world.
“I have such a high standard for visuals, audio, character, humor, style — everything — because that’s what I’ve been exposed to my whole life,” she said in an interview with The Cut. She says that something that reassures her is trying to tune out the opinions of other people, especially those who are not in her direct circle.
“People that are doing well are not worried about other people," she said.
At a later point in the interview, she discussed how important it is for her to deserve the support of people she respects and to work hard. “I want to feel like I deserve things and not just like I’ve been given things,” she said. “And, yes, there’s undeniable privilege that I’d be stupid to not realize. Nepotism babies are pretty awful usually, and my mom and my father raised me to be so much smarter than that.”
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