AMOR PURO
AMOR PURO, is a contemporary dance piece that talks about a reality of the South of the American continent: the disappeared. Inspired by the mothers of young people who have been murdered by state agencies at different times, in countries such as Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Chile, among others. It is a work permeated by the mothers' gaze and their capacity for transformation, resilience and struggle, where both the diversity and the depth of the tragedy are expressed.
AMOR PURO, emerges as a cry, a plea for knowledge, a prayer for justice. Pure love transforms, builds, adds up, consolidates a collective voice, a voice of mothers who march in circles infinitely following the same steps, repeating over and over again the same situations, the same memories in search of truth and the images that built life with their children.
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TRAJECTORY:
A first version was released in Buenos Aires, Argentina thanks to the Artistic Residence granted by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia to the director Javier Blanco who worked in alliance with Nayla Espinosa García and her company Ñu danza in 2015.
AMOR PURO is re-released in Bogotá thanks to the independent management of SUR. This last version has participated in the Festival Danza en la CIudad (2018), Festival Alternativo de Teatro (2018), Ventana Internacional de las Artes del Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro (2018), winner of Conciertos Estelares at the Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño (2018) and performed two independent seasons, one at the Quinta Porra (2019) and another at the Academia de Artes Guerrero de la Ciudad de Bogotá (2018). It is a work that has a very political approach, is invited by the National Center of Memory to the opening of the National Museum of Memory in Villavicencio (2019) and for the celebration of the day of the victims by the center of memory peace and reconciliation of the city of Bogota (2020) where a virtual function is performed due to the circumstances of public health.
Internationally it has been presented in Mexico in a Creation residence in Queretaro (2019) and a version in Ostersund - Sweden (2019), including different casts from these cities. In the year 2020 the play toured the cities of Queretaro and Zacatecas (Mexico) where part of the Mexican and Colombian casts are linked.
DATA SHEET:
General direction and concept:
Javier Blanco.
Artistic direction and Choreography:
Javier Blanco, Nayla Espinosa.
Musical direction: Nicolás Soto Urrea.
Technical direction: Mario Ávila.
Assistant direction: Hugo Rodríguez.
Sound design: Bengt Jönsson, David Espítia, Nicolás Soto.
Creative Dancers Colombia:
Carolina Avellaneda, Martha García, Ximena Cuervo, Adriana
Gutiérrez, Rebecca de la Hoz, Jimmy Yopasa, Laura León, Angélica Roa, Bibiana Carvajal, Ana del Castillo.
Live musicians: David Espítia, Nicolás Soto, Oscar Celis, Cristian Wilches, Catalina Ávila, Juan Alberto Ortiz.
Creative Dancers ARGENTINA:
Andrea López, Carla Galválice, Betiana Barros, Patricia Capasso, Cecilia Alarcón.
Creative Dancers México:
Alma Martin, Ana del Castillo, Adriana Gutierrez, Lucero Sinecio, Yaret Garcia, Ricardo Tanaje.
Creative Dancers Sweeden:
Customs: Martha García, Luisa Pinzón.
General production: Javier Blanco y Nayla Espinosa.
Executive Producer: Héctor Espinosa.
Video recording: Paloma Lizarralde, Paula Ramirez.
Photography: Mauricio Mejía.
