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DANZA Y FRONTERA

Endangered Human Movements Vol. 4
Amanda Piña

is a Mexican-Chilean-Austrian choreographer, dancer and cultural worker living in Vienna. Her choreographic work is concerned with the decolonization of art, focusing on the political and social power of movement, introducing non-western references and perspectives in contemporary performance.

Amanda Piña is interested in making art beyond the idea of a product and in developing new frameworks for the creation of and encounter with artistic aesthetic experiences. She dances among other in pieces by DD Dorvillier or Christine Gaigg.

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Credits

Choreography, direction 
Amanda Piña 
Choreography, teaching 
Rodrigo de la Torre 
Research, performance 
Alma Quintana, Juan Carlos Palma, Alberto Montes, Paula Chaves 
Performance 
Rodrigo de la Torre, Matteo Marziano Graziano, Daphna Horenczyk, Dafne Moreno, Cristina Sandino, Antonio Raith, Dante Murillo 
Research, theory 
Nicole Haitzinger 
Movement studies Feldenkrais 
Joy Ackwonú 
Technical coordination 
Szymon Olszowski 
Music  
Christian Müller, Edgar Uriel Soria 
Lights 
Victor Duran 
Video in the performance 
Amanda Piña, Susana Ojeda, Hubert Marz 
Costume 
La mata del veinte / Julia Trybula 
Video and photo documentation 
Susana Ojeda, Hubert Marz – – estudio elgozo  
Head of production 
Angela Vadori 
PR 
Simon Hajós 
Production assistance 
Kira Koplin 
Voluteer 
Hannah Lejet 
Production in Mexico 
Alma Quitana, Amanda Piña, Juan Carlos Palma 


A nadaproduction. In co-production with Tanzquartier Wien.
With support from the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, the Austrian Chancellory (BKA), ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival, Austrian Embassy in Mexico, Mexican Embassy in Austria, Escuela Nacional De Danza Folklorica de Mexico, Diplomado Como Encender un Fosforo – Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Museo Universitario del Chopo. 

DANZA Y FRONTERA

Endangered Human Movements Vol. 4

“This work is dedicated to those that have the courage to move, to those who’s  bodies carry borders.” — Amanda Piña

DANZA Y FRONTERA is the latest work in the series Endangered Human Movements and it is based on a dance that arises at the border between Mexico and the US. The dance from the neighbourhood of El Ejido Veinte of Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico), is performed today in a context of extreme violence related to a border where narcotraffic, militarization, and cheap labour industries meet. The dance has its roots in an ancient pre-hispanic dance form that was later used by the Spanish Crown (Casa de Austria/Habsburg) to develop the conquest of Mexico as a “danza de conquista”, a conquest dance. It continued to transform itself till today and it can be understood as a form of resistance to colonial and later neoliberal forces. A contemporary pop-cultural appropriation in which indigenous practices, colonial narratives, Hip Hop culture and indigenous mysticism resonate.

DANZA Y FRONTERA explores this border choreography and brings its protagonists to Vienna in the context of the advancement of “Fortress Europe”. As border subjects, the performers inhabit a place in between, understanding its power and limitations, moving beyond all notions of borders be they cultural, national or aesthetic.

 

Amanda Piña

is a Mexican-Chilean-Austrian choreographer, dancer and cultural worker living in Vienna. Her choreographic work is concerned with the decolonization of art, focusing on the political and social power of movement, introducing non-western references and perspectives in contemporary performance.

Amanda Piña is interested in making art beyond the idea of a product and in developing new frameworks for the creation of and encounter with artistic aesthetic experiences. She dances among other in pieces by DD Dorvillier or Christine Gaigg.

nadaproductions.at

Credits

Choreography, direction 
Amanda Piña 
Choreography, teaching 
Rodrigo de la Torre 
Research, performance 
Alma Quintana, Juan Carlos Palma, Alberto Montes, Paula Chaves 
Performance 
Rodrigo de la Torre, Matteo Marziano Graziano, Daphna Horenczyk, Dafne Moreno, Cristina Sandino, Antonio Raith, Dante Murillo 
Research, theory 
Nicole Haitzinger 
Movement studies Feldenkrais 
Joy Ackwonú 
Technical coordination 
Szymon Olszowski 
Music  
Christian Müller, Edgar Uriel Soria 
Lights 
Victor Duran 
Video in the performance 
Amanda Piña, Susana Ojeda, Hubert Marz 
Costume 
La mata del veinte / Julia Trybula 
Video and photo documentation 
Susana Ojeda, Hubert Marz – – estudio elgozo  
Head of production 
Angela Vadori 
PR 
Simon Hajós 
Production assistance 
Kira Koplin 
Voluteer 
Hannah Lejet 
Production in Mexico 
Alma Quitana, Amanda Piña, Juan Carlos Palma 


A nadaproduction. In co-production with Tanzquartier Wien.
With support from the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, the Austrian Chancellory (BKA), ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival, Austrian Embassy in Mexico, Mexican Embassy in Austria, Escuela Nacional De Danza Folklorica de Mexico, Diplomado Como Encender un Fosforo – Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Museo Universitario del Chopo. 
11.10.
13.10.
Thu–​Sat
19.30
11.10.
13.10.
Thu–​Sat
19.30
TQW Halle G
€ 20/15/10
 
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