Judith Sanchez Ruiz: A Fat Thought

Join us on Saturday, May 30, 2026, 4-6pm, for a solo performance and reading by Sánchez Ruíz, along with a dialogue with guests, including choreographer/writer Wendy Perron, and reception. Admission is complimentary - please RSVP.

TOPAZ ARTS welcomes Judith Sánchez Ruíz for an intimate performative forum celebrating the launch of “A Fat Thought – Notes on improvisation and sketches of process” / “Um Pensamento Encorpado – Notas sobre improvisação e desenhos de processos”. This bilingual publication (in English and Portuguese) explores improvisation as both artistic method and embodied inquiry through notes, drawings, reflections, and evolving creative processes developed throughout Sánchez Ruíz’s international career in contemporary dance and performance. For this premiere launch in NYC, Sánchez Ruíz offers a solo performance, reading, and dialogue, sharing a rare glimpse into her choreographic thinking and improvisational structures that define her work. Books will be available for purchase and signed by the author.

“Like all journeys, this one is first and foremost an exploratory rite of passage inside your mind, a perspective refocusing and mental switch reading (...). Sánchez's contribution may be roughly summarized as developing a method to give structure to improvisational choreography, freeing mind and body from the tyranny of iteration.”
— Joaquín Badajoz, Cuban writer and journalist

Book Credits:
Writing and drawings: Judith Sánchez Ruíz
Editorial coordination: Joana Ferraz & Marina Matheus
Foreword: Joaquín Badajoz
English copy editing: Anna Barbosa
Portuguese editing: Ana Godoy
Proofreading: Joana Ferraz
Graphic design: Érico Peretta
Production: Associação Corpo Rastreado‬ @corporastreado

Photo credits: JSR Portrait by Arnaud Beleen; book photo by Mayra Azzi