Grief Rituals:
reflections on migration
and mourning
Grief Rituals is a dance and storytelling performance procession
performed at four locations. We depart from A Resting Place
in the Chinatown International District,
on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
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Grief is a nation of everyone, a country without borders. I roam the avenues of it out of habit. — Eric Gamalinda
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Migration Procession Itinerary
Saturday October 3, 2026
*all times approximate and subject to change
11:30 AM / Gathering and Petition at A Resting Place / 670 South King Street
12:10 PM / Departing A Resting Place + Encuentro with Seattle Fandango Project
1:20-1:30 PM / Arriving King Street Station Plaza / 303 South Jackson Street
2:00-2:30 PM / Arriving ARTS at King Street Station Gallery / 303 South Jackson Street, Floor 3
3:30-3:45 PM / Departing ARTS at King Street Station Gallery
4:00-4:20 PM / Arriving Migration Stage / 199 Alaskan Way
5:30 PM / Communal Reflection Prayer on Habitat Beach
9:00 PM to midnight / Grief Rituals After Party with DJ Joey Webb, hosted by Velocity Dance Center in conjunction with Out There Festival 2026 / 12th Avenue Arts, 1620 12th Avenue
Migration Story Voice Message Archive
Imagine the places where you have migrated in your lifetime. What are those place names for you? Can you think of one place that was particularly difficult for you to leave? How has leaving that place shaped who you are in this moment?
Grief Rituals is
artistic direction | Little Brown Language
collaborating ancestors | Phoebe Dizon, Veronica Laureta,
Susana Remerata Blackwell, Baby Christine
collaborating spaces | A Resting Place, ARTS AT King Street Station, Migration Stage, Habitat Beach
co-directors | Milvia Pacheco Salvatierra and Naomi Macalalad Bragin
spiritual attendant | Farrah Rivera
dancers | Akoiya Harris, marco farroni, Nia Amina Minor,
Milvia Pacheco, Naomi Bragin
grief guides | Mariyah Hicks, Sophia Olvera, Audrey Perry,
Caleb Tecleab, Grace Fagbenro, Ira Wade Harris, Isaiah Hicks,
Kelly Sommerfeld, Queeness Francis-Alagoa, Victoria Muni
costume design | JRAT Zero Waste
sound design | Ben Hunter, Fox Whitney, Naomi Bragin
videography | Luke Wigren
photography | Michelle Smith-Lewis
tech directors | Alex Harding, Fox Whitney
project consultant | Ellen Sebastian Chang
research assistant | Mariyah Hicks
executive assistant | LaCara Reddick
community partners | Derek Dizon,
Seattle Fandango Project, Movimiento AfroLatino Seattle
special thanks | Angela Angel, Aviona Rodriguez Brown,
Iris Viveros, Kuya Roger Rigor
Funded by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture,
4Culture, and Simpson Center for the Humanities
Milvia Pacheco Salvatierra (b. 1972 San Augustin del Sur, Caracas, Venezuela)
Akoiya's Silhouette
2026, Acrylic, paper and fabric collage on canvas
85x60 inches
