Contemporary Dance
''Apparitions'' DIRECTOR: PALOMA MARTÍNEZ
Apparitions
''Images, voices, specters, days gone by, aromas, silences, evocations, and ghost tales all come together in a stage show where movement and sound give way to 4 apparitions''.
An experimental dance show choreographed by Guadalajara-born Paloma Martínez, where traditional electronic and non-electronic instruments mix with voices and singing to reveal to us the legends of apparitions, specters that are very typical in popular Mexican culture. This is all told in a language full of suggestive, poetic images where humor and surprise come together.
The name of the show also refers to a series of proposals from various guest artists from different disciplines such as theater, music and dance, which create new phantoms and make new presentations fresh every time. Outstanding artists include: Andrés David, Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez, Ernesto Cano, Ernesto Cano Martínez, Melissa Castillo, Paty Aguirre, Zindu Cano Martínez, Alma Rocío Gutiérrez, Mireya Aldana, Kevin García, Pablo Serna y Juan, Carlos Ramírez, Sandra Soto, Susana Barrera, Gina Gutiérrez and Cristóbal Barrios.
Paloma Martínez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco on February 19, 1954. Her professional training includes classical ballet; contemporary and folkloric dance with Amalia Hernández; as well as alternative theater voice and movement techniques. Her openness to doing interdisciplinary projects, and her experience as a teacher of improvisation and collective composition, have given her a style that is truly her own, in her experience as a choreographer. She has been granted scholarships in the London Ballet Academy in Guadalajara, Nikolais and Murray Louis, Alvin Ailey, among others, and has participated in several international, national and local festivals.
The program includes four apparitions: The Visitors, the Alegradoras*, the Creeper and the Ghost interpreted on this occasion by Amanda Morales, Yaima Esterlich, Sandra Soto, Melissa Castillo and Paloma Martínez with musicians Zindu Aramara Cano Martínez and Kevin García.
*It literally means a woman who makes others happy. ''Alegradora'' is the Spanish rendering of the Nahuatl term ''tlatlamiani'', a prostitute, which in pre-Hispanic times were women who played and honorable and necessary role in society.
50 min. - November 1st, 20:00 hrs. - November 2nd, 20:15 hrs. - Hacienda Henequenera
