Residue
Residue
ChoreographY
Jet Dagdag
Performers
Jet Dagdag & Joshua Estrada-Romero
MUSIC
I Would Like, Up, Recommended, What Happens When You Ask - Deru
Jestoni “Jet” Dagdag is a dance artist based in Southern California. He graduated from UC Irvine in 2015 with a BFA in Dance Performance and received an Excellence in Dance Performance award. His professional dance background includes: Anaheim Ballet, Southern California Dance Theatre, Festival Ballet Theatre, Re:borN Dance Interactive, Multiplex Dance, and Shaun Boyle & Artists. He’s the founder and artistic director of DAGDAG Dance, a Long Beach based contemporary dance company. L.A. Dance Chronicle describes him as a choreographer who "uses his intelligence and passion to create accessible choreography with depth of composition and meaning."
PROGRAM NOTES
This duet is visceral, heavy, and emotionally driven. The protagonist comes face to face with his inner demon. By doing so, he experiences an awakening, a state of enlightened self. But even the enlightened ones know that there is always a residue, a remnant of the past that haunts. It is ultimately a story of self acceptance, and being at peace with duality: the yin and yang of humanity.
Performer
Joshua D. Estrada-Romero (he/him) began his dance training at California State University, Fullerton and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance in Fall of 2008 and his MFA in Dance from the University of California Irvine in 2017. He has performed with Palindrome Dance Company, RhetOracle Dance Company, BARE Dance Company, Nickerson-Rossi Dance, Kelly Alvarez & Artists. He continues to perform with Tustin Dance Center as Snow King, Spanish Lead, and Arabian Lead for the their Annual Nutcracker.
Joshua is the founder and artistic director of FUSE Dance Company based in Orange, CA, whose mission is to support and foster the growth and development of the performing arts in Southern California through performances, dance education, and dance community collaboration programs.
Joshua is a certified yoga instructor through CorePower yoga and Nutritional Coach through NASM. He is a photographer focusing on capturing dance, movement and sports. Currently, Joshua shares his passion as an instructor/choreographer to all dance students of California State University Fullerton, Mt. San Antonio College and Santa Ana College
Behind the Scenes
photos by Ron Mariano
