FLORNECIA

Flornecia is a solo performed by Edward Tamayo that arises from the disappearance of his brother in Colombia. In this piece the performer delves into the incarnation of the demons themselves, beings that share the same origin and piece of land, and how the darkness of these demons dances through the body, with pleasure, danger and cruelty, including and accepting it:

"It has been more than a year and a half since Jonathan is missing. The desire to dance with him again makes this dance sprout. We moved to his hometown, Mesitas del Colegio, in the region of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Field and mud, between violence, poverty and abandonment, the dance remains. It dresses in demons and decrepitude, and remains. It undresses like a snake, changes its skin, hurts to the point of despair and always,
unfailingly always, the dance returns, remembers and remains"

“¿Qué cómo recuerdo al loco de mi hijo?
Se adiestró en el arte de ser otro y otra,

se procuró extremos con manos,

bocas y ojos todos juntos entre piernas.
¿Dónde más podría ir sino al infierno?”

ARTISTIC CREDITS:

Creation and production: LaCerda
Direction: Valentina Azzati and Edward Tamayo
Dancer and choreographic composition: Edward Tamayo
Costume and light design: Valentina Azzati

Costume making: Sara Manzaneda
Orioginal music: Yves del Rio
External view: Júlia Vernet and Johann Pérez

WITH THE SUPPORT OF CENTRE CÍVIC BARCELONETA AND L'OSIC.

PREMIERED AT PUF FESTIVAL OF PULA (CROACIA) IN JULY 2019.