Dance & Resistance
Endangered Human Vol.2
Performance
The performance series Endangered Human Movements deals with dances and cultural practices that are in danger of disappearing or already extinct. These dances were practiced in commonality articulating reciprocal relationships between humans, with animals and plants, the weather and the environment. The second Volume of this series called Dance and Resistance focuses on dances that were considered “ritual” by the anthropologists of the last century. The dances re-embodied in the performance were banned, persecuted or even distorted beyond recognition in order to accommodate and serve the goals and purposes of colonization and Christianization. The piece explores the potential resistance of the body in the current context of neoliberal market economy and the increased privatization and depletion of natural resources.
»I think the dances can be regarded as part of a human reservoir of movement and relation beyond spoken or written language.« — Amanda Piña
As for the performance, it happens in a space in constant transformation created through an interlaced video, light and sound collage — which together create an intimate performance experience.
Dates
Credits
Artistic Direction
Amanda Piña in collaboration with Daniel Zimmermann
Choreography, Dance & Performance
Amanda Piña, Alma Quintana, Yusimi Moya Rodriguez & Linda Samaraweerová
Choreographic Sources
Hanna Berger, Gertrud Bodenwieser, Mapuche Huilliche, Mayo, Mixtecs-Mexicans, Navajo, Sakkudei, Tabiteuea Islanders-Kiribati Republic, Trobriand Islanders, Tenek & Yaqui
Composition, Live Music & Live Percussion
Shayna Dunkelman & Christian Müller
Light
Victor Durán
Projections & Stage
Daniel Zimmermann
Choreography Assistance
Paula Chavez
Movements Download from Ethnographic Films
Amanda Piña & Lina Maria Venegas
Dramaturgical Adviser
Angela Vadori
Artistic Adviser
Quim Pujol
Costumes
Francesca Aldegani & Anke Philippe
Production Manager & Research
Sarah Blumenfeld
Managment Consulting & Editing
Marie-Christine Baratta-Dragono
deSingel international arts campus (Antwerp) & Tanzquartier Wien
The Project Endangered Human Movements is supported by
ImpulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, NAVE – Creation and Residence Center (Santiago de Chile) & Tanzquartier Wien
Supported by
BKA Kunst und Kultur – Bundeskanzerlamt Österreich, BMfB – Bundesministerium für Bewegungsangelegenheiten & MA7 – Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
Thanks to
Andrea Amort, Lutz Baumann, Michael Carter, Don Celestino, María José Cifuentes, Gabrielle Cram, Thomas Fasching, Marta Huepe García, Nicole Heitzinger, Elisabeth Hirner, Ernesto Neto & the Huni Kuin, Angela Vadori, the technical team from deSingel for their kind and generous support & to all our ancestors