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The
spectacle’s main theme is centered on the figure of Mexican
painter Frida Kahlo: Frida as an embodiment of women who question
and challenge, women who struggle to affirm their identity
beyond imposed political and gender boundaries.
The character of Frida is utilized like an arquetype. A symbol
of Mexican society from where to question value systems, nationality,
mexicanidad (Mexican-ness), and a desire for creative transgression.
She also embodies issues related to the rejection and the
abuse experienced by indigenous people who have been excluded
from a national project that aspires to “ascend to the first
world. Frida uses her body as a map, a geography from where
she crosses borders that go beyond the territorial into gender,
sexuality, ideology and consciousness.
Frida represents a place where national conflicts find their
more contradictory expressions: migration, overpopulation,
discrimination, and the tensions between Mexican culture,
and their neighbor to the north, Norteamérica.
Frida is an interactive performance where the audience can
choose between being an active part of the spectacle, integrating
themselves and proposing actions, or witnessing. |
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FRIDA- CREDITS:
Concept / Performance/ Costumes: Violeta Luna
Original Music: David Molin
Photos: Marléne Ramírez-Cancio (top three)/ Jorge Berdeja (across)/
Norma Duarte (bottom right)
FRIDA has been presented at the following venues:
- San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Mission Arts & Performance
Project MAPP. San Francisco, CA
- Phix
Gallery, Teatro Caliente. Phoenix, Arizona
- Casa
Yuyachkani, Lima, Perú
- Teatro
“Volar Distinto. Cuzco, Perú
- Museo
de las Américas. Denver, CO
- Sala
Cepia, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba, Argentina
- 5to.
Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and
Politics. Belo Horizonte, Brasil
- Theatre
de Nesle, Festival Frida Kahlo. París, France
- Gallery
Rote Fabrik, Festival International Zuercher Theater Spektakel.
Zürich, Suiza
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