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Jorge Luna united states
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Yokko
During his early teenage years he discovered his addiction to live performance when he started off as a dj. He particularly loved being smuggled into nightclubs to spin a vinyl or two before midnight. Self-taught in photography, Jorge’s formal training is in acting. His late teenage years and early twenties were highly influenced by multiple jobs including dj, car mechanic, server, personal trainer, photographer, and actor. However, it was his dj/photographer/acting pursuit that has created a deep, solid foundation that serves him well towards his artistic endeavours. He moved to New York City in his mid twenties to pursue acting and photography.
Luna holds a BA in Theatre from Universidad de Puerto Rico, an MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College, and trained in classical theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, UK- camera in hand always.
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entry description
This series captures the tentpoles- the linking points of a durational Butoh piece. The series was shot in New York City on September 20th, 2017 with professional Butoh dancer, Yokko.about the photographer
Jorge Luna was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the age of seven he was inspired by a virtuoso circus performance by a troupe called Círcolo. As a child, Jorge was known to steal his mother’s point and shoot film camera (an Olympus Stylus AF 35mm) to take the occasional picture of his toys. Once his mother developed the film Jorge collected a much unwanted earful and spanking. He finally received his first film camera, a Kodak Ektralite 10 when he was around twelve years old; a gift from his father.During his early teenage years he discovered his addiction to live performance when he started off as a dj. He particularly loved being smuggled into nightclubs to spin a vinyl or two before midnight. Self-taught in photography, Jorge’s formal training is in acting. His late teenage years and early twenties were highly influenced by multiple jobs including dj, car mechanic, server, personal trainer, photographer, and actor. However, it was his dj/photographer/acting pursuit that has created a deep, solid foundation that serves him well towards his artistic endeavours. He moved to New York City in his mid twenties to pursue acting and photography.
Luna holds a BA in Theatre from Universidad de Puerto Rico, an MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College, and trained in classical theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, UK- camera in hand always.
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