Work, organized by project or collaborative effort.
Nepantla: Magia Ancestral is a powerful exploration of transformation and magic in Mexican folklore, deeply rooted in pre-Hispanic knowledge. This work is a revitalization ritual through a performance that shares our longing for ancestral guidance and highlights the sacred interconnections and our body as a form of power, growth, and love.
Methuselah is an innovative and experimental butoh opera—a unique fusion of Butoh dance, sound design, music composition, vocal performance, and immersive video. Conceived for an ensemble of dancers, singers and musicians. This performance uses field recording techniques, video, consultations with entomologists, and a collaborative approach to vocal composition and choreography. It is a collective effort that combines the surreal and evocative visuals inherent in Butoh with innovative sound design, music composition, and vocal artistry.
Integrating butoh with elements of storytelling and illustration, Impermanent Flower explores ideas of happiness, impermanence and beauty. It is inspired by a prominent image in butoh -the wilting flower; the beauty of the flower is not in its blossom but in the process of dying.
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ELLA was created in response to Katherine Soucie’s textile installation entitled MEND which explores themes of repair and recovery using waste hosiery.
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2011 marked the beginning of a new journey and the research of ideas that I wanted to investigate for a long time.
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Metamorphosis Butoh- Puedes Volar Mariposa is an international collaboration between Argentinian and Canadian artists Gustavo Collini-Sartor and Salome Nieto.
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This work continues to investigate the Marvelous Reality, Butoh and contemporary dance in a multidisciplinary performance that intertwines poetry, music, film, photography, lighting and dance.
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Inspired by Mexican religious iconography, this rich, magical piece explores Mexico’s Realismo Magico through themes of devotion, ritual and myth.
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RIFT combines elements of Flamenco and Butoh with archetype, myth and legend in response to global femicide.
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This project was an initiative created by Diane Farnsworth. Allies & Angels Interactive Community Exhibit, (AAICE) was held at the Inter Urban Gallery at the downtown east side and at the WISE Hall in 2015 .
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An interdisciplinary showcase of textiles, live performance and painting, this work explores identity through textile, dance, paint, video and live music.
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Felicidad is a collaboration with poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar for World Poetry Day
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