Join us on Sunday, September 20th, for OC Live! 2026 - a vibrant celebration of arts, culture, and community. This event will feature painting, sculpture, performing arts, musicians, drawing, literary arts, textiles, dance, theater and so much more! When: Sunday, September 20th, 2026 10AM-4PM YACKEZ performs at 3PM!!! with dance collaborators Marion Spencer and Jillian Sweeney. Where: Sweet Clover Farm 10 Sweet Clover Road Highland Mills, NY GET TICKETS For OCLIVE!

Love for a New Future Yackez (Larissa and Jon Velez-Jackson) with dance collaborators Esther Baker and Adam Kerbel. Dates: September 9, 2026 - September 10, 2026 Art for Young Audiences, Cabaret & Variety, Interactive Experience, Interdisciplinary Run Time: 50 mins Ticket Price: $25 PWYC Options $5+ Venue: Asian Arts Initiative Third Floor Philadelphia, PA More INFO Buy Tickets >

Larissa Velez-Jackson Artist Talk: Weds. August 19 6PM Performance: Thurs. August 20 7PM "Dr. Absurd Joy Beach Sessions" FESTIVAL INFO HERE All Audiences Welcome; All Programming Presented Free of Charge My performance for Siren Arts will be the first ever live encounter with Dr. Absurd Joy, my YouTube ASMR alter ego and facilitator of community care on the internet, joined by my assistant Captain Jon. The work blends absurdist beach ritual with actual sound healing technique

Life Pulse / Failure Flow a workshop with Larissa Velez-Jackson​​ Sunday, August 9, 2:00pm-4:00pm Register Here Connect to the spirit and inner logic of your bodymind that yearns for movement and expressive flow in super accessible ways. Recede from societal and dance-historic expectation to bask in failure, a form of exquisite resistance and creative possibilities. The workshop will draw from LVJ’s Star Pû Method, disability arts practice and the wisdom gleaned through heal

Event Postponed !!!!! Yackez & COUSINS (Dance Community) An evening of performance-art electronic music by Yackez (Larissa and Jon Velez-Jackson) AND Yackez’s ambient sound scored for a stellar lineup of dancer/choreographers in COUSINS. Exact Date TBA / Early Fall 2026 at The Ellis Newburgh 60 Dubois Street Newburgh, NY 12550 The COUSINS lineup is coming together as we speak, starting with performances by Laurie Berg, Sarah Chien, Kris Seto and more on the way... Yackez Team

Wed. April 8 8:00pm - 9:30pm EDT This is a digital event. You should receive information in your ticket or from the host about how to join online via Zoom. $0 - $30 RSVP Let's honor our loved ones, hold space for grief, and reflect on the possibilities of transformation with music theater writers Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour, Obie Award-winning director Taibi Magar, and choreographer/movement educator Larissa Velez Jackson.Reimagine has been hosting candlelight vigils sin

Avant Garde Arama Logs In Fri-Sat March 27-28, 6PM $20 Suggested The Lace Mill 165 Cornwell St, Kingston, NY info 917-673-9023 or email charles@charlesdennis.net REGISTER HERE Charles Dennis Productions announces the presentation of Avant-Garde-Arama Logs In , a festival of short works of dance, film, music and performance art with artists Fred Hatt, JW Cornbroom, Larissa Velez-Jackson, Mona Banzer, Steve Gorn (Fri) Joakim Laerty (Sat), and Richard Carr (Sat.) In Untitle

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