Anatomy of Our Land/Anatomía de Nuestra Tierra

Anatomy of Our Land/Anatomía de Nuestra Tierra is a three-part interdisciplinary workshop and performance with Awilda Rodríguez Lora in conjunction with Collective Presence. Rodríguez Lora invites participants to join in the creation of a collaborative installation that will later be activated in a 30-minute collective performance during the Collective Presence closing party. Through conversations, story sharing, movement and written word,  Anatomy of Our Land / Anatomía de Nuestra Tierra will explore how our bodies, histories, and journeys share their own anatomy of living and existing within communities, families, and surroundings.

This is a free, bilingual (English-Spanish) workshop but other languages are also welcome. The maximum number of participants is 10. All ages and abilities welcome. No experience required. Pre-registration is required and participants must be able to attend and participate in all three parts (see below for schedule details).

Online pre-pregistration: https://goo.gl/forms/72X8aKCwCveCOQ9n2

Part 1: Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:00AM – 3:00PM
Anatomy of Our Land/Anatomía a de Nuestra Tierra

Introductions, movement exercises and creation of individual and collective choreographed performances using our bodies, voice, and writings.

Land-Body Tierra-Cuerpo.

Part 2: Sunday, April 14, 2019, 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Anatomy of Our Land/Anatomía de Nuestra Tierra II

Participants will be invited to share stories from images and objects brought from home or travels into the workshop space. We will be asking, how is this part of the anatomy of your land and/or body? Participants will generate a plan/map using Body Maps.

Part 3: Sunday, April 14, 2019, 4:00 PM
Collective performance of Anatomy of Our Land/Anatomía de Nuestra Tierra as part of the Collective Presence closing party. The closing party is from 4 – 6 pm and is free and open to the public; no rsvp required.

Awilda Rodríguez Lora is a performance choreographer and cultural entrepreneur who challenges concepts of gender, sexuality, and self- determination through the use of movement, sound, and video, as well as through literal instantiations that question her body’s “value” in the contemporary art market. Her performances traverse multiple geographic histories and realities and promote progressive dialogues regarding hemispheric colonial legacies.