The Soraya Presents the World Premiere of DIAVOLO: Existencia, 30 Years After the Northridge Earthquake
NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 17, 2024, DIAVOLO, Architecture in Motion, and The Soraya will present the world premiere of Existencia, a new work to commemorate the 30 years since the Northridge Earthquake struck California State University Northridge (CSUN), in 1994 — and event which was said to have been the worst natural disaster ever to hit a university campus in the United States.
- Founder and Artistic Director Jacques Heim has imagined and brought to life a world unto itself."
- Produced and commissioned by The Soraya, Existencia was conceived on behalf of the earthquake anniversary.
- Soraya Executive and Artistic Director Thor Steingraber invited DIAVOLO to create the work, marking the sixth collaboration between Steingraber and DIAVOLO Founder Jacques Heim.
- "His personal relationship with the 1994 Northridge earthquake in many ways mirrors that of the beginnings of The Soraya which arose from the rubble created by that disaster.