UNIVERSALIS
"The Flight of the Mind"
An interdisciplinary dance work that explores the Renaissance from a gender perspective and presents flight as a metaphor for personal fulfillment, encompassing a journey of knowledge, creativity, and courage.
Winning work of the Bicentennial Santander Creation Grant, 2019
PREMIERE
December 17, 2019
Auditorio Mayor, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga
PERFORMANCES
November 5 – Sala H3, Medellín, 2022
September 22 – XVI Dance Festival in the City, Teatro Libélula Dorada, Bogotá, 2023
October 6 – Casa de la Danza, Bucaramanga, 2023
General Direction, Choreography, and Concept: Angélica Roa; Musical Composition: Nicolas Soto; Art and Mapping Design: Leo Carreño; Costume Design and Creation: Elkin Valencia; Live Cellist: Diego García; Direction and Production Assistant: Melissa Caballero
Through choreography, this work proposes a semiotic deconstruction of Leonardo da Vinci’s works, especially The Vitruvian Man, reconfiguring the masculine image of “ideal” proportions to instead present a woman within a stage composition that moves through interdisciplinary elements such as choreography, video mapping, and live music, with scenic objects mostly based on da Vinci’s own writings and ideas.
