Upcoming Saturday, July 6th, we will be hosting a movement workshop focusing on practices of “dribble”, dodging, “esquiva”.
“Dribble” as in dodging obstacles through sudden quick movements, aims to achieve a loose body. The loose body means a body living in the present, a body ready to fight; a body that dances to handle the everyday, surviving societal and colonial violence. At the same time, it dances to write history, to celebrate memories, to shake control and colonial “peace”. On this day we will move in order to write narratives, and imagine ways of publishing knowledge through dance and orallity.
Parcela de Tierra is a movement research collective created out of the need of shared spaces for bodies displaced from their own environments. Organised by designers, activists and performace artists Elisa de la Serna and Lara Silva Santos, they invite Yadhira de León to facilitate this workshop.
Parcela de Tierra seeks to reclaim space and to question Eurocentric, institutional and repressive environments in which popular culture has little to no room to flourish. It strives to hold space and to facilitate performances based on improvisation, connection and affection. Collaboration with grassroots initiatives is an essential part of the collective’s practice, for the creation of a support network that transcends institutional borders. Check out their other events planned this week.
Saturday, July 6th
16:30 doors open
17:00-18:20 movement workshop on dodging, “esquiva”, protection, self-defense and theatrical games
18:20 break
18:40-19:30 round table discussion about the challenges of publishing and re-imagining ways to publish
19:30-20:00 cooling down and closure
Free entrance.
