Chicago Adult Entertainment: Chicago Fringe Festival 2010 review roundup, part 4

Machito Pichon Former Luna Negra dancer Ricardo J. Garcia is now engaged administratively with ambitious start-up Piel Morena Contemporary Dance, for which he’s made Machito Pichon: four women in young men’s clothes adopting standoffish body language to match in a series of dances to Nuyorican singer-songwriter Robi Draco Rosa’s soulful ballads. By presenting it as no more than a movement style, Garcia’s rebuttal of boilerplate Latin machismo is sharp; by lingering on the quartet’s idle repose as well as its fluid dancing, the Puerto Rico native shows how keenly observed his argument is. Alejandra Gonzalez is particularly convincing as a street tough, subtly thrusting her pelvis at a floral dress making its way across the stage on a clothesline.—Zachary Whittenburg
Mulatto Child
Maryland-based performer Paul Diem offers what’s essentially an hour-long take on Lenny Bruce’s n-word routine, attempting to defuse stereotypes by indulging in them. Diem’s a gifted performer; he switches deftly from Latina prostitute to homeless guy to angry biracial teen, often inhabiting these marginal figures …

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