On Saturday, June 7th at 8pm, 2025 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Kenneth Jiménez will present his second program, Umbral. The performance features actress and award-winning dancer Wendy Chinchilla Araya, percussionist Carlo Costa, and violinist Sabrina Salamone working at the intersection of folklore and experimentalism. Over the course of the year-long fellowship, Jiménez will engage artists from the Caribbean, Central and South America, discussing music’s complex relationship to tradition and genre. The three-part exploration of mortality, fragility, hope, acceptance and serenity will take place at ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Pl. theater.

Umbral centers on the visionary Costa Rican performer Wendy Chinchilla Araya, whose work as both a film actor (“Clara Sola”) and principal dancer for the Costa Rican National Dance Company has captivated audiences with its dreamlike expressivity. Her presence evokes a world that feels both deeply personal and utterly surreal—a quality that captured Jiménez’s attention for this curatorial project exploring the liminal space between reality and reverie.