Presented in partnership with the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
Residency Reflections 2025-26
COLORES with Alyssa (Lyzah) Favero
October 28, 2025 | 6:30*- 8:30pm
*Doors: 6:25PM. Cypher prelims begins at 6:45PM
Roundhouse Community Centre
(181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
FREE (Registration is required)
Join a work-in-progress + 7-smoke battle
Register as an Audience Member or as a Battle Participant*!
If you are joining as an audience member we greatly appreciate advanced RSVP, but welcome you to join day of even if you don’t have a ticket.
*If you are participating in the battle, advanced registration is required.
About the work
COLORES, co-produced by Lyzah and Jammin’ Cameron with support as a New Works' Artist In Residence, brings together performers and audience members to celebrate the roots of wh/aacking through a 7-smoke battle and work-in-progress performance of pound by Lyzah.
COLORES was created in 2024 by Alyssa Favero and Ana Sosa to celebrate the vibrancy of contemporary and street / club dance in one space.
Wh/aacking is a powerful dance form with history that celebrates queer folks of African, Latine and Asian descent. Lyzah’s newest work pound highlights wh/aacking and use of voice as a practice to liberate self and generations before and after. This celebration will include a 7-smoke wh/aacking battle, excerpts of pound, and disco social with DJ Pelleriina. Throughout the event there will be opportunity to both dance and mingle with fellow community members.
www.alyssafavero.com
Photo by James Doyle.
7-smoke wh/aacking battle
Disco music, all levels welcome
Judged by Muse @kvmuse
DJ Pelleriina @pelleriina
MC Max @max1631
Cypher prelims begins at 6:45PM
Battle participants must register on showpass before Tuesday, October 28 at noon.
Work-in-progress performance:
pound
Concept, Creation, Production, Choreographer, Performer Alyssa (Lyzah) Favero @alyssafavero
Sound Designer and Performer Kimmortal @kimmortaltheartist
Performer and Collaborator Josh Ongcol @joshee_alchemee
Performer and Collaborator Mermaid @landingmermaid
Performer and Collaborator Rua Inaki @rua_santaclaus
Production Support Allison Lang @allisonxlang
Sticker Photo by Alexandra Favero @itsalexandrafav
Graphic Design by Lyzah @alyssafavero
The creation of pound is made possible through the support of Odd Meridian Arts’ Verve program, a paid residence provided by Odd Meridian Arts, that provides 3 weeks artist fees for the Lyzah and Kimmortal.
pound is also supported by Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, British Columbia Arts Council and received previous residency support from Plastic Orchid Factory.
Previous collaborators include: Rhythm, Reed, Paolo Askia, and Lamont.
Residency Reflections
An intimate look into artistic process
Each season, with generous partnership from the Roundhouse Community Centre, New Works supports 1 - 3 artists in a Theatre Residency; dedicated time in a fully-equipped theatre setting to develop a new piece or facet of their practice without the pressure of a pending performance. These artist-led residencies provide essential space, time, and theatrical resources, supporting artists as they bridge their work from the studio to the stage.
At the culmination of each residency, artists welcome the public into a shared moment of curiosity and reflection; this is Residency Reflections. The artist chooses the format of the reflection - maybe an artist talk, open rehearsal, workshop, performance, or installation - as best serves their work and process.
By bringing our focus to creative practice, not creation, Residency Reflections centers artist-audience exchange and celebrates the often unseen moments of creation — the questions, experiments, and relationships that shape new choreographic work.
We’re pleased to support Lyzah and collaborators in sharing COLORES as part of their Theatre Residency this October.
2025-26 Theatre Artists in Residence
Alyssa (Lyzah) Favero will be in a Theatre Residency on October 27 & 28, 2025, with a Residency Reflections sharing on October 28.
Belle Spirale will be in a Theatre Residency on November 20 & 21, 2025, with a Residency Reflections sharing on November 21.
Isak Enquist will be in a Theatre Residency on January 10 & 11, 2026, with a Residency Reflections sharing on January 11.
Presented in partnership with the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
Top photo design by Lyzah Favero