Mexican choreographer Yolanda Morales takes a current historical moment in Mexican historiography as the occasion for her new production ”Horses“.500 years ago the country was conquered by the Conquista, at the same time it is celebrating the liberation 200 years ago from the colonial power Spain. There were no horses in pre-colonial Mexico, and the animals with Spanish horsemen sitting high on them terrified the indigenous population.
Even today, equestrian statues still dominate public spaces in Mexican cities as patriarchal symbols of power.In the huge boiler hall of the Kraftwerk Bille in Hamburg, monumental images and narratives are created and deconstructed again with the help of electronic soundscapes, singing voices and choreographic interventions by four performers.
Inspired by traditional dances in which galloping riders have been irreverently caricatured, the work is about laughter, liberation, wildness and tenderness, and an attempt to create an alternative, feminist, postcolonial narrative of humans and animals.
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Direction and choreography Yolanda Morales
Dance and Choreography : Damini Gairola, Alicia Ocadiz, Yolanda Morales
Music Composed and produce: Thordis M. Meyer
Dramaturgy: Barbara Schmidt-Rohr
Projections: Katrin Bethge and Maj-Lene Tylkowski ​
Costume: Design Miriam Ebbing und Ilona Klein
Stage Design: Hanna Lenz
Light Design: Joanna Ossolinska
Stage Management: Homero Alonso
Sound Engineer: Beata Berger
Light Engineer: Jana Köster
Production Managment: Yolanda Morales and PK3000
Foto: G2 Baraniak
Video: Martin Prinoth
Supported by Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg and Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
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