IMPACT Narrative Mini-documentary with Creative Forces about Truths colliding, 2023
Exit12 received an inaugural Creative Forces Community Engagement grant to support its workshop series. In 2023, this program culminated in a public performance on the Intrepid Museum in New York City, housed on the WWII aircraft carrier Intrepid. Participants showcased what they learned to a thrilled audience of friends, family, and supporters. The first-hand stories of the veterans shared here show how the arts can be a powerful tool for healing and transformation. Read more here.
Interview with FOX News about Stories of war workshop series, 2024
FOX News follows Exit12 Dance Company’s 2024 workshop series on the Intrepid and speaks with veterans Monique Arrucci and Jennifer Alvarez about the healing power of movement.
Interview with ABC New York about Stories of war nyc, 2024
ABC follows Exit12 and veteran participant Monique Arrucci in rehearsal leading up to our 2024 NYC performance in honor of Memorial Day as they discuss how dance allows veterans to express and process difficult stories. Read more here.
Interview with CBS New York about Truths Colliding, 2023
A Marine veteran has dedicated his life to helping other veterans process their trauma through the art of dance. This segment discusses our 8-week workshop series and its culminating performance in honor of Memorial Day 2023
Interview with Royal Academy of Dance Australia, 2021
RAD Australia’s Franco Leo spoke with Romàn Baca, Artistic Director of EXIT 12 Dance Company in New York about how he and his company are using dance to support Military Veterans by working with them to share their stories and move forward through civilian life. Romàn also shares his own very personal story and the effects combat in the Iraq war had on him, and why going back to Iraq as an artist to work with Iraqi youth through dance was important.
A Ballerina Shares her story of War and family Suicide through Dance
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Exit12 is a dance and ballet company formed by an Iraq War veteran dedicated to telling the personal stories of war through art and veteran-centered workshops. One young ballerina, Taylor Gordon, uses dance to share her own tragic story of war and family suicide, and encourages viewers to get more involved in veteran issues.
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Telling Tales: Theatre of War by Fulbrighter Roman Baca
Roman Baca, a recipient of the Fulbright-Trinity Laban Postgraduate Award in Music and Dance (2017-2018), speaks at the US-UK Fulbright Commission's Telling Tales: a series of short talks, held at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in June 2018.
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Dancing after deployment: Marine aims to mend veterans' minds with motion
Story by Alexander Trowbridge, CBS NEWS
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Exit12 at the University of Saint Joseph
Exit12 spent a week in West Hartford, CT as part of USJ’s Artist in Residence program. The residency included the creation and development of Andrew Harper’s Odyssey, workshops with USJ students and a panel discussion on the interdisciplinary nature of art and its role in healing.
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Veteran artists help heal a war-scarred world
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Veteran Artist Program: The Home Show
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Roman Baca on how serving in the U.S. Marine Corps also helped him make a difference through dance. Baca and other military veteran artists share their work Nov. 12 in "Veteran Artist Program: The Home Show," part of the Lincoln Center Veterans Initiative.
a marine returns to iraq, with ballet
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After serving at Fallujah, choreographer Roman Baca channeled his military experience into provocative dance performances.
Exit12 during the creation of sometimes, silence
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Periplus is a transoceanic route through community arts (both music and interdisciplinary projects) lead by Comusitària across five continents. It aims to disseminate knowledge and enhance the visibility of education, social and artistic initiatives by critically analyzing the synergies which arise from connections in these three fields.
American Homecomings Profile on Exit12
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Video by Peter Hvizdak, Story by Jim Shelton
Marine creates ballet about Iraq War
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Roman Baca, Founder, Exit 12 Dance Company. Roman Baca's ballet is called "The Homecoming". Girlfriend encouraged him to follow dreams after war. Baca served in Fallujah, Iraq from 2005-2006.