MESTIZA

Mestiza (Mixed raced woman in Spanish), is a project that departs from a personal research on cultural identity by choreographer of latinx background, digging into the traces of my indigenous origin in Colombia, where the traces of indigenous people have been erased as in many places in the globe. Thus, it expands in a wider dialogue based on the woman of many colors that I am, and with the many other voices that look for connection with those ideas of erased traces on history. The work looks for an extended dialogue with the diverse voices in the Americas. I expect to continue digging into questions in form and content such as in the corporal gesture, the protocols of the stage, the video, the voice and the sound landscape. I also look for an approach to the analysis of the voice of mixed raced woman in a contemporary society and in my history.  

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Duration:  20 Minutes

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The project arises from a first phase of research-creation carried out at the Tairona Gold Museum, in Santa Marta (Colombia) in 2019 by the artist/choreographer as a site-specific solo work. Then it has a research-adaptation for stage, presented at the Citadel (Night shift series) in Toronto in 2021.  Also presented  at Aki Studio Theatre in Toronto at VD Festival 2023 and at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto in November 2024.

Credits:

Sound and musical composition Edgardo Moreno,

Visual advice / dramaturgy Oscar Leone,

video editor Sergio Orozco,

Plastic artist/custome advice Mary Navarro.

Direction, choreography and performance by Olga Barrios.