Samira Mendoza (they/them) aka MIRA MIRA is a cultural worker rooted in transdisciplinary performance and community organizing. Their work investigates oppressive systems and family history in El Salvador, Puerto Rico, and the US. Mendoza sees improvisation as an act of resistance, a space to reject formal structures and create new ideas.
Their current projects include Las Mariquitas, Dendarry Bakery, Tó Ara, Recao Rulé, and Spiral Generator. Las Mariquitas is “one of the New York City bands reimagining Salsa and challenging the patriarchy” (Rolling Stone). Dendarry Bakery is an experimental performance trio including Gladstone Deluxe and Mobéy Lola Irizarry. Tó Ara is an experimental trio comprised of Mobéy Lola Irizarry and Key Hutch. Recao Rulé is a traditional puerto rican bomba group. Spiral Generator is an experimental supergroup composed of Rage.inald, Kiernan Laveaux, T.Wan, 30,000AD, and Pamela_ And Her Sons.
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“MIRA MIRA, aka Samira Mendoza, is one of the most unstoppably energetic and versatile artists. She does everything from prismatic visual art, to one-of-a-kind horn playing, to anti-colonial performance art, and everything in between the inbetweens.” - Nina Protocol