April 1 || Cuerpo Migrante/Migrant Body

Performance Works NW welcomes LA BARBACOA — from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Isabel Nares (choreographer) + Jorge David García Castilla (composer) March 25-31 Investigation and research in the PWNW studio and on the streets of Portland April 1 || 7pm Body/Sound/Visual Installation: A hybrid intermedial movement process plus conversation with the artists. Suggested donation of $5 at the door; no one denied entry due to lack of funds Free refreshments!

La Barabacoa Danza Contemporanea, in residence at PWNW in late March, is a dance group from Morelia, Mexico. Their current project, Migrant Body/Cuerpo Migrante, is a platform for reflection and research on how migration between México and the United States affects the body. How does a migratory, mobilized body affect the zones and territories it enters? How does this body affect other bodies already residing in these locations? How do the newly-encountered zones and bodies transform the migratory, recently-displaced body?

The first part of the project consists of three residences and scenic interventions in: Portland, OR; Greeley, CO., and New York. La Barbacoa will spend the first days of their PWNW residency in a process of research and investigatory interventions, both in the studio and on the streets of Portland. The public is invited to learn about the project and witness a presentation and informal performance on April 1 at 7pm.

This Project was supported by the State System of Creators through the Program “Coinversiones para la Producción Artística de Michoacán. This Project is public; it is not supported or promoted by any political group, and the resources came from contributors’ taxes. No one is allowed to use this information with political objectives or any other purpose than that which has been established by the Project. Whoever uses the information or the resources of this Project illegally shall be sanctioned under the terms established  by the competent authority.