When Sebastian Hernandez premiered an early version of their high velocity movement performance Hypanthium in REDCAT’s NOW Festival, it was met with cheers and viral online responses. Now, the performance featuring visual contributions by artists Rafa Esparza and Maria Meae has a full premiere at REDCAT. Additional contributing artists include Gabriela Ruiz (performance artist), Derek Holguin (digital video), Andrew Eastmen (sound). Performed by Sebastian Hernandez, Angel Acuña and Autumn Randolph. With sensuality, fierceness and hints of wry humor, three performers synthesize a pseudo kinship of queer femme moving bodies in Los Angeles, while recognizing the intensity of a hegemonic project that tries to assimilate them. Named for the part of a rose that holds nectar, Hypnathium is an experimental collage of actions and movements grappling with notions of sisterhood, space, power and survival amidst memories of ancestral trauma.