Perceptions
a self portrait portrayed as an interdisciplinary performance piece exploring themes of anxiety, heartbreak, and grief
by Elias Gurrola of Gurrola + Co.
Thu, Apr 16, 2026 6:00 PM
Christ Church
Neighborhood House
Walk-up tickets ($5-50) available for all shows after online sales end!
“Perceptions” is an interdisciplinary performance piece blending dance, costume, and storytelling to explore the fluid nature of human perception. Told entirely from the first person perspective, the piece unfolds inside the mind of the creator. A lived, vulnerable, and immersive journey through emotions such as anxiety, heartbreak, loss, and healing. The performance is structured in four acts, each symbolizing a different relationship with reality:
-Your reality is not reality
-You are altering your reality
-Your reality is not the only reality
-This time, your reality is reality
These chapters invite the audience into a deeply personal narrative that resonates broadly with the universal human experience.
This show is for you if…
you like lounging sea lions.
you like resigned dreary love stories.
TEAM CREDITS
Creator/ Director: Elias Gurrola
Choreographer/ Principal Dancer: Rachel Neitzke
Dancer: Frank Leone
Models: TBD
Gurrola + Co is a Philadelphia-based collaboration between fashion designer Elias Gurrola and dance artist Rachel Neitzke. Their interdisciplinary performances merge fashion and dance to explore queer identity, intimacy, and transformation. Working with models, dancers, drag artists, and nightlife performers, they create immersive works that emphasize vulnerability, presence, and the expressive power of the body.
