BRYOPHYLLUM
It is a work of contemporary dystopia that establishes a dialogue between contemporary dance, music, videomapping, and visual arts, proposing a stage metaphor about life and death as symbolic acts of evolution.
Winning work of the Multidisciplinary Large Format Scholarship from the District Institute of the Arts (IDARTES) 2021-2022
awarded by the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Major Theater and the Jorge Eliecer Gaitán Theater
Premiere
June 10, 2022 – Teatro Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
PERFORMANCES
June 11, 2022 – Teatro Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Bogotá
July 28, 2022 – Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá
August 20, 2022 – Teatro Santander, Bucaramanga
It was born out of the atmosphere of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which the use of masks became necessary to inhabit society, while the threat of global eco-environmental disaster loomed. From the body and movement, along with a network of narrative techniques alternative to traditional theater, the piece weaves together a live soundtrack performed by the Q-Arte Quartet, videomapping, spatial and lighting design, all in close dialogue with visual arts.
LaMultiverse incubates this work, questioning whether humanity is truly reaching its end as a species, or if a new evolution could emerge that would allow its survival as hybrid beings human-hongo-planta.
Under the direction of choreographer Angélica Roa and together with a team of 18 interdisciplinary artists, the work moves from the dystopia of the Anthropocene — conceived as a degenerative period of the human species — toward a new era called the Biocene, in which a vegetal hybridization in humans takes place.
General direction and choreography: Angélica Roa; Dancer-creators: Melissa Caballero, Fernando Pineda, Yohana Rodríguez, Dionel Pire, María Laura Escalona, Alejandra Ojeda; Dramaturgy: Angélica Roa, Saeed Pezeshki; Production: Melissa Caballero, Angélica Roa; Choreographic assistance: Melissa Caballero, Fernando Pineda; Audiovisual production: Jenny Pérez, Luis David Cáceres; Video projection: Luis David Cáceres; Art direction, stage design and props: Taller Hermanos Castro – Máximo Castro; Lighting design: Mario Ávila; Costume design: Billy Boy; Original music: Nicolás Soto; Musical performers: Cuarteto Q-Arte; Visual art and image: Jenny Pérez; Production assistant: Will Pérez