Following up on what Eloy Neira wrote.
The choreography will start with the dancer doing traditional ballet exercises with a smile upon her face, the same smile she was taught to keep regardless of the pain that she might feel. Later on, a quinto (talking drum) will start to tease her into letting go of her ballerina self. Progressively the percussion line will take the dancer into a journey to recover her diasporic consciousness. Although the dancer never trained in African dance, her body and spirit somehow remember the movements of her ancestors and she starts dancing as a goddess herself. Leaving behind all the social constrains that taught her to be nice and pretty. Throughout the dance she also liberates herself from physical constrains like her ballet shoes, a corset, a chain, and a forced smile.
In addition, we would love to have this previously discussed items as an exposition for people to think about. The items would be hanged and labeled with questions like “How do you walk?,” “How do you breath?,” or “How do you live?.” Finally, the performance will end with the poem “Me Gritaron Negra” by Victoria Santa Cruz. The poem talks about a girl finding out she was black, what it meant to be black, and finding strength and beauty in being black.
The choreography will start with the dancer doing traditional ballet exercises with a smile upon her face, the same smile she was taught to keep regardless of the pain that she might feel. Later on, a quinto (talking drum) will start to tease her into letting go of her ballerina self. Progressively the percussion line will take the dancer into a journey to recover her diasporic consciousness. Although the dancer never trained in African dance, her body and spirit somehow remember the movements of her ancestors and she starts dancing as a goddess herself. Leaving behind all the social constrains that taught her to be nice and pretty. Throughout the dance she also liberates herself from physical constrains like her ballet shoes, a corset, a chain, and a forced smile.
In addition, we would love to have this previously discussed items as an exposition for people to think about. The items would be hanged and labeled with questions like “How do you walk?,” “How do you breath?,” or “How do you live?.” Finally, the performance will end with the poem “Me Gritaron Negra” by Victoria Santa Cruz. The poem talks about a girl finding out she was black, what it meant to be black, and finding strength and beauty in being black.
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