Photo by Kathryn Avila
Adam Tomás Torres is a Boston based place maker, composer, performer, and movement artist whose work strives to increase interconnectedness in community and artistic mediums. His work often defies the constraints of specialization as he incorporates his fascination with harmony, indeterminacy, syncopation and physical gesture. Implementing an interdisciplinary approach to both creation and curation, Torres embraces a collaborative practice and is uniquely suited for such work given his array of creative backgrounds in composition, instrumental performance, dance, and project management.
Compositionally, Torres works primarily with small chamber ensembles but has a background in composing for electronics, theater, film, and dance. In terms of musical performance, he is a proficient pianist with a primary focus on romantic era, contemporary, and Latin-American genres. His movement practice includes rhythm tap dancing and improvisation which traditionally focuses on cramp-based steps and texture, but is adapting as he incorporates live gestural electronics. Finally, Torres is co-founded Yusephinum LLC, a Queer, BIPOC, Seattle based artist collective with a proclivity for immersive art installations, and is currently the Public Art Project Manager at the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.