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VAIVÉN

Co-production

Residencies

  • 31.03 > 11.04.2025

VAIVÉN is an atem­po­ral, ance­stral, and poli­ti­cal jour­ney through the music-dan­ce com­plex of sal­sa. The inti­ma­te solo per­for­man­ce takes us on a path along Blackness, migra­ti­on, and sex-gen­der dis­si­den­ce con­ver­ging in a sta­te of con­stant fugi­ti­vi­ty — an ance­stral tech­no­lo­gy of re-exis­ten­ce root­ed in the leg­a­cy of cimar­ro­na­je (esca­ping from sla­ve­ry to form a free com­mu­ni­ty). This move­ment tra­ver­ses phy­si­cal, sym­bo­lic, and spi­ri­tu­al lands­ca­pes, car­ried by per­so­nal and col­lec­ti­ve memo­ry, and by desire.

VAIVÉN reclaims the popu­lar archi­ve and the sal­sa ima­gi­na­ry of Black neigh­bor­hoods and their dias­po­ras. It is an act of dig­ni­fying lives and know­led­ges his­to­ri­cally mar­gi­na­li­sed and ren­de­red subaltern.

VAIVÉN radi­ca­li­zes the idea of a sce­nic man­gro­ve: an inter­con­nec­ted eco­sy­s­tem wit­hout hier­ar­chy, whe­re mate­ri­als, sono­ri­ties, bodies, rela­ti­ons­hips, gazes, and ways of lis­te­ning coexist.

Concept & cho­re­o­gra­fie: Camilo Mejía and José Ramón Hernández I Op scè­ne: Camilo Mejía, su mad­re Leydi Cortés, su pad­re Jhonny Mejía, su tía Luz Dary Cortés, su pri­me­ra pare­ja de sal­sa Paola, sus ami­gos sal­se­ros, Cheo Feliciano, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, La Banda Sonora de la infan­cia, Eleggua, Papá Oggún, mi padri­no Morandy Puig y mi madri­na Gretel, Siete Rayos, Yemaya y las muer­tas cimar­ro­nas I Dramaturgie: José Ramón Hernández I Dramaturgisch advies: Nicole Geertruida I Lichtontwerp: Pier Gallen I Scenografie: Špela Tušar I Kostuumontwerp: Patricia Mokosi I Muziek & geluid: Clay Chénière I Ondertiteling: Federico Vladimir
Outside eye: Isabel van Hauwe, Cherish Menzo, Adeola Aderemi, Eric Cyuzuzo I Met veel dank aan: Elisa Liepsch, Personaje Personaje, Marina Santo, Iki Yos Piña, Federico Vladimir and Pablo Lilienfield, Berta Vicente Salas, Catalina Insignares, Carolina Mendoza, Saskia Leudo, Ariadna Peya, Periferia Cimarronxs, Konvent, Buda, EICTV San Antonio de los Baños I Productie: Anaku I Coproductie: Beursschouwburg (Brussel — BE), Viernulvier (Gent — BE), Kunstenwerkplaats (Brussel — BE), Theater Rotterdam (Rotterdam — NL) I Met de steun van STUK (Leuven — BE), De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam — NL) & De Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)

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