Residencies

• 10.02 > 22.02.2025
• 16.08 > 26.08.2022

The River and The Devil invi­tes the audien­ce into the ruins of a dis­ap­pe­a­ring river.

During colo­ni­al times in the Bolivian Andean Plateau, the river Desaguadero and its uncon­trol­la­ble for­ces were demo­ni­zed as ​‘the Devil’ by colo­ni­al sett­lers. Since then, cen­tu­ries of extrac­ti­on have dried up the river, trans­for­ming it from water to salt. In The River and The Devil, Paula Almiron reima­gi­nes the Devil not as a destruc­ti­ve for­ce but as the guar­di­an of the river, explo­ring resi­lien­ce and the rem­nants of frag­men­ted his­to­ries. The river has tur­ned into bro­ken pie­ces, hiding and moving towards us unannounced.

Combining dan­ce, fic­ti­on and col­lec­ti­ve sto­ry­tel­ling, The River and The Devil evo­kes a sen­se of living among ruins, asking what remains when a river dis­ap­pe­ars. Mythological figu­res and spi­rits that once pro­tec­ted the river lin­ger as echoes in this haun­ting medita­ti­on on loss and endurance.

Paula has her pre­mie­re on February 27 – 28 in Beursschouwburg!