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LORNA VENTURA

CHOREOGRAPHER / DIRECTOR

HIGHLIGHTS

With a long list of credits from Broadway to film and television, my focused inclination for visual storytelling has been fostered over many years. I’m always searching to Illuminate new stories through movement, finding the pulse of the piece, the way to ignite.

Any opportunity to use my voice authentically, as a Latina artist excites me. I yearn to share my unique perspective in storytelling, finding the chemistry between my extensive classical training while tapping into the full diaspora of Latin dance.

RECENT PROJECTS
Encores! The Life - Highlights | New York City Center
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Encores! The Life - Highlights | New York City Center

Get a glimpse of The Life, running Mar 16 - 20, 2022 at New York City Center. More information: https://bit.ly/3pUlFfM -- Nominated for 12 Tony Awards (including Best Musical) The Life tells the story of Queen, and her fellow sex workers, who strive for a better life against oppressive forces in post-disco Times Square. Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning artist Billy Porter (Pose, Kinky Boots) reinvents this musical for a whole new generation to bring forth the gritty, dangerous, and exciting decadence of New York City in 1980. As concert adapter and director, Porter has received the full blessing of the Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, and David Newman estates to reshape a classic music-comedy into a powerful musical drama, humanizing the production’s Black characters in their struggles, passions, and desperate bids for success. Featuring new, funk-infused arrangements and orchestrations by James Sampliner and new vocal arrangements by Michael McElroy, this bold revival reclaims The Life through Porter’s singular lens. The production includes Jelani Alladin as Lou, Alexandra Grey as Queen, Antwayn Hopper as Memphis, Grammy nominee Mykal Kilgore as Young JoJo, Grammy Award winner Ledisi as Sonja, Erika Olson as Mary, Destan Owens as Old Jojo, and Ken Robinson as Fleetwood. Production Videography: Bardo Arts/Alex Pearlman Production Photography: Joan Marcus #NewYorkCityCenter #Encores #TheLife #BillyPorter #JamesSampliner #MichaelMcElroy #JelaniAlladin #AlexandraGrey #AntwaynHopper #MykalKilgore #Ledisi #ErikaOlson #DestanOwens #KenRobinson #CityCenterEncores #EncoresTheLife
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Christmas in Hell — Director/Choreographer Lorna Ventura

 

On Christmas Eve, eight-year-old Davin is mistakenly taken down to Hell. When he returns, not only has he missed Christmas, but he is devilishly changed. To set things right, his father embarks on a hilarious and outrageous odyssey that eventually leads him down to Hell, where he makes a wager with the Devil he can't possibly win.

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Billions Season 6 — As Mike Prince takes his place on the Axe Cap throne, Chuck Rhoades is determined that no one should have that much wealth – or that much power. With stakes higher than ever, all the power players seek out new alliances as kingdom goes up against kingdom.

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Outside-in (Quarantine Session) — Director/Choreographer Lorna Ventura

 

A look at individual intimate experiences in isolation, revealing different perspectives and storylines, told through visceral movement and dance, ultimately finding a collective expression that comes through this stirring and powerful music video.

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How We Love/F*ck — A new play from powerhouse playwright/actor Lillian Isabella, Directed by Lorna Ventura at the Cherry Lane Theatre

A sex-positive theatre piece in response to the #MeToo movement, exploring "sexual agency, the healing power of ecstatic experience, and the importance of sharing this new understanding with the world.

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Recent Projects
SELECTED PROJECTS
film + video

FILM, TV + video

Vintage Trouble - Blues Hand Me Down (Official Video)
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Vintage Trouble - Blues Hand Me Down (Official Video)

Official video for "Blues Hand Me Down" by Vintage Trouble. Director/Choreographer: Lorna Ventura Download / Stream more from Vintage Trouble: https://smarturl.it/vintagetroublemusic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Vintage Trouble online: Website - http://www.vintagetrouble.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/vintagetrouble Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vintagetrouble/ Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/vintagetrouble ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live-wired, straight-shootin, dirty-mouth'd pelvis-pushin' juke music featuring Ty Taylor, Nalle Colt, Rick Barrio Dill and Richard Danielson Vintage Trouble is a sensational, soulful four-man band whose very essence screams out loud of the late 1950's to 1960's. Turned on by and tuned into the evolutionary period in music and life when there was a razor thin line between Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll, the band reconnects us all to one universal vibration. Their modern day classics transport the mind, spirit and body back to a sweaty, swinging, heart-thumping speakeasy. Their live shows feel like a sweet southern down-home revival mixed with a gritty, downtown edge. Inspirationally, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry and Ike and Tina Turner can all be felt in woven clothe that tailor-suit the band like honey to the bee. When the buzz tells you they're near, get to them...and be prepared to be moved.
Outside-in (Quarantine Session) by Vintage Trouble (Dance Tribute)
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Outside-in (Quarantine Session) by Vintage Trouble (Dance Tribute)

This expressive collaboration was created out of our lives interrupted. Professional Dancers from Broadway and the Graduating Class of 2020 exhale and soar in this new music video made in quarantine to Vintage Trouble's new song, "Outside-in." Director/Choreographer Lorna Ventura takes a look at intimate individual experiences in isolation, revealing perspectives and storylines told through visceral movement and dance, ultimately finding a collective expression that comes through this stirring and powerful music video. Editor and Production Supervisor: Jay Stern Dancers - In order of appearance: Yesenia Ayala Kei Tsuruharatani Kenny Corrigan Alexa De Barr Yael Reich Chuk Obasi Ioana Alfonso Mariah Reives Cindy Reid Alyssa Ness Brooke Averi Samantha Butts Kara Menendez Erica Misilo Meghan Keeney Kristen Grabbe Nick Nazzaro Abby Tatro Claire Sersun Hannah Grzymala Lauren Villamana Special thanks to the supporting cast, crew and DP's around the country: Paris Remillard Jacalyn Tatro Amy Keeney Kate Reyes Bethany Grzymala Peter Grabbe Dan Weiner Zahi Weiner Victor Obasi Elijah Obasi Lisa Reid Al Ness Tyler Ness Maria Misilo Brian Misilo Michael Misilo Jenny Navasky Miri Navasky Ariel Reich Karen Reich Cary Reich Avi Reich Joe Muscolino Maryanne Menendez Wendy Butts Brianna Velky Emily Bivona Sydney Flint Felicia Reives Steponedancecruises Steponedancecompany newdancealliance.org hollandamerica.com Hadestown.com westsidestorybway.com jaggedlittlepill.com wickedthemusical.com mmm.edu broadway.com Marymountmanhattancollege
theatre

theatre

Gypsy of the Year 2017 Opening Number - Lea DeLaria, Shakina Nayfack
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Gypsy of the Year 2017 Opening Number - Lea DeLaria, Shakina Nayfack

Starting the show with an activist and feminist spirit, the opening of Gypsy of the Year 2017 celebrated the centennial anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in New York state. Led by Amadi Chapata (School of Rock - The Musical), Lea DeLaria (Orange is the New Black), Tony Award winner Cady Huffman (The Producers), Lacretta (Disaster!) and Shakina Nayfack (Hulu’s Difficult People), an all-female cast expressed the plight and power of women through time, from brave suffragettes to emboldened “Ladies Who Lunch.” The number was directed by Huffman and choreographed by Lorna Ventura. The indomitable and generous spirit of the theatre community - those onstage, backstage and in the audience - shined brightly as the 29th annual Gypsy of the Year competition celebrated six weeks of fundraising work of 56 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Gypsy of the Year (#GypsyOfTheYear), which was held December 4 and 5, 2017, raised a record-breaking $5,609,211 for Broadway Cares. *** Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awards grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. and is the largest single financial supporter of the social service programs of The Actors Fund, helping everyone in entertainment and the performing arts. Broadway Cares hosts two six-week-long fundraising campaigns in theatres across the country every year, one leading up to the Easter Bonnet Competition in April and the other leading up to the Red Bucket Follies in December. Broadway Cares also produces annual fundraising events in New York City, including Broadway Backwards, Broadway Bares and the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction. JOIN US: youtube.com/BCEFA facebook.com/BCEFA instagram.com/BCEFA twitter.com/BCEFA broadwaycares.org
The Bardy Bunch
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The Bardy Bunch
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You, Me, I, We
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CONTACT

LORNA
ventura

New York, New York​

Tel: 917 974 9136​

lornaventura@me.com

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