I was dressed as a Catrina and I wore a traditional Mexican Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) makeup/facepaint and dress.
Being a proud Chicana, I was proud to represent my culture with class on the big screen. With that being exciting as is, I was proud to have the role of walking out the Mexican fighter, Felix Chavez, to the ring before his fight with Damian Anderson.
#AIDA CHAVEZ MOVIE#
Read more> Bella Deeĭuring this past year, I was blessed to be apart of Creed III! This was my first time ever being apart of a movie, let alone being on a movie set. They have allowed me to take part in their musical adventures and to explore the depths and versatility of my own musical expression. As an arranger, I have collaborated in productions that included both Latin Grammy and Grammy Award nominees and winners including the Brazilian superstar and guitarist Toninho Horta, the exceptional Paquito D’Rivera, as well as the renowned Berta Rojas, Arturo Sandoval, and Maria Creuza.
#AIDA CHAVEZ PROFESSIONAL#
Since the moment I started my path in music and until today as a professional I’ve had the opportunity to perform both in the Dominican Republic and the United States, presenting my own projects as well as supporting other exceptional colleagues in various forms. I have had incredible opportunities along the way which I am incredibly humbled and grateful for. Deepening into sacred friendships and becoming aware of deep programming that I’d like to step out of. It has been a really healing and pivotal time for me. I am now content doing what is needed until I feel inspired – which is exactly what I have done from my career in music. Even if that means taking a hiatus for an entire year or two to find inspiration. I’ve found that when entering the creative space it has to feel like I am feeding my soul. I felt shame when I was uninspired with the pressure to be creating constantly. With my background in the music industry there was attachment behavior to hustle culture all around. Projects that vibrate throughout my entire body and make my soul tick that is the only type of project I yearn to pursue. All of our hard work including lots of meetings was worthy all the results. This was my first solo project in New York State, where I got the chance to collaborate with people from different art backgrounds. The result was a unique exhibition of my work and an outdoor art installation.
This past July of 2023 I had the privilege to work with two organizations MerchArt and The Porch Upstate. My telling of this story of African to American rice includes botanicals, animals, and people through their culture and what may have been retained from the beginning of Atlantic African enslavement. Now, I’ve been to Suriname, Jamaica, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida investigating the various landscapes and descendants who might still be living in those areas. I originally discovered Suriname doing research for a college sculpture assignment in 1971. The most meaningful project I’ve worked on in recent years has been investigating colonial rice cultivation, its importation, cultivation, and the various formerly enslaved communities where it was grown and the people.
Maybe even something we can imagine telling our grandkids about – surely you’ve had moments like that where something you did in your professional life really mattered? Onajide Shabaka Every once in a while we have the good fortune of working on a project that we feel truly matters, a project that we’ll still be thinking about years from now.
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