DANZA Y FRONTERA
Amanda Piña (Vienna | Santiago de Chile | Mexico-City)
DANZA Y FRONTERA is based on a dance that arises at the border between Mexico and the US. The dance is performed today in a context of extreme violence related to a border where narcotraffic, militarization, and cheap labour industries meet. The dance has its roots in an ancient pre-hispanic dance form that was later used by the Spanish Crown, to develop the conquest of Mexico as a „Danza de Conquista“, a conquest dance. It continued to transform itself until today used as a form of resistance to colonial and later neoliberal forces. A contemporary pop-cultural appropriation in which indigenous practices, colonial narratives, Hip-Hop culture and indigenous mysticism resonate. DANZA Y FRONTERA explores this border choreography and brings its protagonists in the context of the advancement of Fortress Europe. As border subjects, the performers inhabit a place in between, understanding its power and limitations, dancing beyond all notions of borders be they cultural, national or aesthetic.
The piece corresponds to the fourth volume of the research on ENDANGERED HUMAN MOVEMENTS, a long-term project dedicated to the re- appearance of dances and cultural practices. Five volumes of research in the scope of this project have been already realised which include performances, Installations, Videos, publications, curatorial frames, workshop and lectures.
Presented at:
- Frontera | Border – A Living Monument, during Tanz Im August, at Haus der Statistik, Berlin, 2021
-Danza y Frontera, during Ruhr Triennale, at PACT Zollverein, Essen, 2021
-Danza y Frontera, during Spielart Festival, at Muffathalle, Münich 2021
-Frontera | Border – A Living Monument, during Transform Festival, at Victoria Leeds Multi Storey Car Park, Leeds, 2022
-Frontera | Border – A Living Monument, during Passages Transfestival, at HQ, Terrace of the Orangerie, Metz, 2022
Artistic Direction & Choreography: Amanda Piña
Art Design: Michel Jimenez
Choreography & Transmission danza de Matamoros: Rodrigo de la Torre Coronado
Research: Juan Carlos Palma Velasco, Amanda Piña
Performance: Matteo Marziano Graziano, Daphna Horenczyk, Dafne del Carmen Moreno, Juan Carlos Palma Velasco, Rodrigo de la Torre Coronado, Lina María Venegas, Mariê Mazer, Carlos María Romero aka Atabey Mamasita, Jorgue luis Cruz Carrera
Music and composition: Christian Müller
Live percussion: Jorgue luis Cruz Carrera
Research / Theory / Dramaturgy: Nicole Haitzinger
Costume: La mata del veinte / Julia Trybula
Production Management: nadaproductions
International distribution, tour management: Something Great (Berlin)