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Photos from the Sept 2023 workshop at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA by Timothy Gurczak

Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible

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Written by: Spencer Windes

90 years after his assassination by fascists, Frederico García Lorca continues to inspire. The latest work to take its cue from the Spanish poet is a new boundary-breaking chamber opera by Elisabet Curbelo, Associate Professor of Electroacoustic Composition at the University of Utah. Photos from the Sept 2023 workshop at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA by Timothy GurczakPhotos from the Sept 2023 workshop at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA by Timothy Gurczak

“Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible” is a surrealist, interdisciplinary work that blends opera, dance, and technology. Bringing together a soprano, pianist, percussionist, and a diverse ensemble of deaf dancers who deliver the narrative in American Sign Language (ASL), this piece uses motion sensor technology to unite gesture to sound. All the performers sign while playing, drawing the audience into a multisensory landscape that explores movement and music together in a powerful visual narrative. 

Photos from the Sept 2023 workshop at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA by Timothy GurczakPhotos from the Sept 2023 workshop at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA by Timothy GurczakChoreographed by founder of deaf-led San Francisco-based Urban Jazz Dance Company Antoine Hunter, the cast includes Boston-based Guerilla Opera Ensemble members Angela Yam, Yoko Hagino, Mike Williams, and dancers from Urban Jazz Dance Company.

English and closed captions will be provided.

 

 

Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible

September 11th & 12th 2026 @7:30 PM

Hayes Christensen Theatre @ the Marriott Center for Dance

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Spencer Windes

Spencer Windes is a communications professional who has worked in many different industries, from a Los Angeles clothing company to an Amsterdam software firm. He’s spent more than a decade in nonprofit communications and fundraising, including at the ACLU and the Center for Biological Diversity. More recently, he was at his Alma Mater, St. John’s College, as well as working in journalism. He returned to Utah in 2025 after living in a dozen cities in three different countries. Spencer’s extracurricular activities have included traveling, reading, attending live shows, wandering through museums, playing and coaching rugby, and eating delicious things around the world. He’s never met a dog he doesn’t want to pet or a dish he doesn’t want to try. He’s thrilled to be back in Utah and to have found a new home at the College of Fine Arts.

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