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Lunchtime at The Light Box with the Here & Now 2025 Cohort
September 20, 2025
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September 20, 2025
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An engaging lunchtime conversation offering an intimate look at their creative process.
Miami Light Project will host a special edition of Lunchtime at the Light Box as we welcome the Here & Now 2025 Cohort during the lead-up to the the premiere of their new short-form work. This engaging lunchtime conversation offers an intimate look at their creative process.
Featuring insights from Clinton Harris, Diego Melgar, Nina Ahmadi, Nicole Pedraza and Diago León Lang, this gathering provides a behind-the-scenes look at the themes, inspirations, and collaborative process shaping their new work.
Biography
Clinton Harris
Clint T. Harris is from Miami, FL where he currently dances with Peter London Global Dance Company. Harris has also performed in works choreographed by Mammie Green, Mike Tyus, Adele Myers, Jamar Roberts, and Justin Rapaport on stages throughout South Florida including the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Miami Beach Bandshell, African American Cultural Arts Center, Super Blue, Perez Art Museum, and internationally in Trinidad and Martinique. In 2020, Harris was selected for “Grass Stains,” a site-specific dance project directed by Pioneer Winter Collective. In 2015, he was featured in the Lifetime TV Network docuseries “Step! Up,” which captured the lives of inner-city youth and their unwavering passion for dance. Harris has taught dance at BBHarts Performing Arts, XpressitDance Center, Dance Center of Florida, and the Diamond Mind Leadership Academy.
Diego Melgar
Diego Melgar is an idiosyncratic musician reflecting the tropical melting pot he calls home. After studying jazz guitar at the Frost School of Music, Melgar has led a career as an independent composer and guitarist. Melgar’s unique guitar style has led him to perform with a wide-range of artists, from pop-singer Lauren Jauregui to conductor/composer Michael Tilson Thomas. Currently, Melgar’s focus is on his original music, with which he has opened for Flying Lotus, Khruangbin, Los Espiritus, and Flo Rida. Melgar is also a frequent composer for dance collectives in Miami such as Syncopate and the Pioneer Winter Collective.
Nicole Pedraza & Diago León Lang
Nicole Pedraza and Diago León Lang are a Miami-based contemporary dance and visual art duo exploring their unified experience growing up in complex immigrant families. Nicole’s choreography often draws from Diago’s visual art exploring intricate curves and themes of memory, while Diago’s artwork captures the fluidity of movement and relationships between dancers. Nicole is an alum of Jacob’s Pillow and currently dances for Syncopate Collective. She is an Artist-in-Residence at the Deering Estate and was a Locust Projects Wavemaker grantee. A pioneer in digital storytelling, Diago was an early adopter of social media and has garnered a large international following under the handle @Oh_Dingi. He was recently featured in Islandia Journal, painted a 35’ mural for Pridelines, and often works with musicians to enhance their performances.
Nina Ahmadi
NINA OSORIA AHMADI is a transdisciplinary artist and educator from Miami, Florida, of AfroCuban and Iranian descent. Their practice spans photography, performance, video, drawing, and pedagogy. Their early work investigates layered identity, particularly cultural inheritance and gender fluidity. Their practice is informed by community organizing, Indigenous and Afro-diasporic spirituality and performance practices, and queer and trans nightlife. Their current practice involves research on performance and protest, and the power of dance as a tool for liberation and community organizing. Ahmadi holds a degree in Art and Education from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and currently teaches visual art to elementary students in Miami.
