Un Rato

• Fri, Dec 11, 2026 - Sun, Dec 13, 2026  7pm - 4pm

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Friday, December 11, and Saturday, December 12, at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 13, at 3:00 p.m.

UN RATO, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION
An immersive performance uniting theater, dance, music, and visual art by three Latin American and Latino artists.

What happens when time stops moving forward? Perhaps, at last, we can look inward.
For three nights, SITE Gallery will transform into an immersive universe where theater, dance, and visual arts explore our relationship with time, space, and the contemporary experience.

Un Rato (A While) is a multidisciplinary work, lasting approximately 50 minutes, that invites the audience to navigate a fragmented space—a landscape inhabited by micro-theater pieces, choreography, performance art, and multimedia installations. More than ten Houston-based artists will craft an intimate, one-of-a-kind experience in which spectators and performers share every corner of the space.

Inspired by the concept of a simultaneous, non-linear time—one without a clear beginning or end—the piece encourages us to pause—and perhaps even "waste" some time—in a world that demands every minute be turned into productivity. The divided structures reflect a fragmented society, yet they also offer spaces for connection, self-reconstruction, and new beginnings.

Improvisation and interaction ensure that every performance is unique. Un Rato (A While) invites you to cut through the noise, observe, participate, and rediscover yourself. It offers three nights to suspend the linearity of time and remember that, perhaps, reclaiming our inner freedom begins with something as simple as taking a little time for ourselves.

*AUDIENCE CAPACITY: up to 20 people per performance (ages 16+ if accompanied)/CAPACIDAD DE PÚBLICO hasta 20 personas por función (+16 años acompañados)
*Content Advisory: This production includes adult themes//Advertencia de contenido: Esta producción incluye temas para adultos
* Flashing and Fast Moving Lights and Projections, as well as Haze, will be used during the performance//Durante la representación se utilizarán luces y proyecciones intermitentes y de movimiento rápido, así como efectos de niebla
*Running time: 50 minutes//Duración: 50 minutos
*No intermission//Sin intermedio
*Bilingual content: English and Spanish//Contenido bilingüe: Inglés y español

This event is supported in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance

Mariela G. Domínguez, Producer and Artistic Director
Aka XZZX (b. 1979) is a South American multidisciplinary artist, curator, and cultural manager who has been based in Houston since 2016. Her practice encompasses visual communication, installation, urban and folk art, fashion, sculpture, video, public art, jewelry, illustration, and painting. She has curated projects in both South America and Houston, and her artwork has been exhibited at institutions such as Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Lawndale Art Center, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Amarillo Museum of Art, and Craighead Green Gallery. She studied Graphic Communication in Santiago and Strategic Design Management in Buenos Aires.

Lídice Nuñez, Choreographer
Born in Havana, Cuba, Lídice Núñez is an internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and educator. A former principal dancer and choreographer with the Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba, her work has been presented at international festivals across Europe and the Americas and performed by artists associated with Rambert, Ballet Preljocaj, the National Ballet of Cuba, and Carlos Acosta Dance.

Ángeles Romero, Acting Director
Born on the Mexican-American border and raised between two cultures, Angeles is a Houston-based performance artist, writer, actor, and activist. Her work explores contemporary Latino identity and its political relationship with Anglo and international cultures. She has created plays, operas, installations, and solo performances, including Sueño, Cuerpos Ambulantes, MIRAK, and Puntos de Fuga. She holds an MFA in theatre from Ohio State University and has taught, directed, interpreted, and collaborated with organizations including AlienNation Co. and Teatro Bilingüe.