Rizo: Home (Pacific Dance Ensemble)
Sat, Jun 01
|Newport Performing Arts Center
Rizo uses her trademark blend of songs, stories, performance art, comedy and glamor to explore the nature of home and how it informs our identity. Does where you hang your hat define who you are or how you think about yourself?
Time & Location
Jun 01, 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive St, Newport, OR 97365, USA
About the event
Rizo uses her trademark blend of songs, stories, performance art, comedy and glamor to explore the nature of home and how it informs our identity. Does where you hang your hat define who you are or how you think about yourself?
Exploring the concepts of Home, the prodigal daughter and Joseph Cambell’s reported quote that “Women don’t need to make the journey, they are the place that everyone is trying to get to.” Join Rizo as she reflects on returning to her home state of Oregon, and the land of her art hippy childhood from living in New York City and traveling internationally for over 15 years.
The New York Times once referred to Rizo as “SENSATIONAL… A fierce but kindhearted fusion of comedy, burlesque, performance art and rock ‘n’ roll.” Taking a cue from Piaf, Rizo (né Amelia Zirin-Brown) fully embraces the role of chanteuse. In recordings, she is…