Description
In this solo dance, four stories of women--each of her own generation--become different facets of one entity. The imagery of flowers, tropes of femininity and fragility, is juxtaposed with circling movement and powerful postures to challenge the trope of a "delicate flower." The work explores embodied generational memory and seeks to recover personal stories of women in my family as a way to understand my own troubled identity as an immigrant, Mexican woman. The dance becomes the altar through which I honor these powerful women.
Credits
Choreography & Performance: Paty Lorena Solórzano
Music: Angélica Negrón
Audio: words + voice of Refugio Patricia Tamayo, editing Paty Lorena Solórzano
Costume: Paty Lorena Solórzano
Dramaturg & Rehearsal Director: Efrén Cruz Cortés
Premiere: April 2017, Boll Theatre, Detroit, MI
In this solo dance, four stories of women--each of her own generation--become different facets of one entity. The imagery of flowers, tropes of femininity and fragility, is juxtaposed with circling movement and powerful postures to challenge the trope of a "delicate flower." The work explores embodied generational memory and seeks to recover personal stories of women in my family as a way to understand my own troubled identity as an immigrant, Mexican woman. The dance becomes the altar through which I honor these powerful women.
Credits
Choreography & Performance: Paty Lorena Solórzano
Music: Angélica Negrón
Audio: words + voice of Refugio Patricia Tamayo, editing Paty Lorena Solórzano
Costume: Paty Lorena Solórzano
Dramaturg & Rehearsal Director: Efrén Cruz Cortés
Premiere: April 2017, Boll Theatre, Detroit, MI
"beautiful... one of the strongest memories of the whole show... I felt as if I was in a fantastic story... it captivated me from beginning to end." Raymundo Navarrete, audience member
Past Performances
[Houston, TX | January 15, 2019 ]
Dance Source Houston's Mind the Gap
[New York, NY | April 2, 2018 ]
Movement Research at the Judson Church
[ San Andrés Cholula, México | March 15, 2018 ]
Performática: Foro Internacional de Danza y Artes del Movimiento
[Houston, TX | January 15, 2019 ]
Dance Source Houston's Mind the Gap
[New York, NY | April 2, 2018 ]
Movement Research at the Judson Church
[ San Andrés Cholula, México | March 15, 2018 ]
Performática: Foro Internacional de Danza y Artes del Movimiento