KUMBÉ

KUMBÉ

CONTEMPORARY REINTERPRETATION OF COLOMBIAN CUMBIA IN THE FORM OF A FAREWELL DANCE. IT UNFOLDS AS AN INTIMATE ACT OF LETTING GO. A SPACE WHERE THE PERFORMER INVITES THE AUDIENCE TO ACCOMPANY HIM THROUGH THE QUIET COLLAPSE OF A BELIEF SYSTEM.

OVER 16 YEARS, CUMBIA SHAPED HIS BODY, HIS SENSE OF BELONGING, AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF DANCE. YET KUMBÉ EMERGES FROM THE MOMENT WHEN THAT LANGUAGE NO LONGER FEELS LIKE HOME. THROUGH MOVEMENT, LIVE MUSIC, VOICE, AND VIDEO MAPPING, THE PIECE TRACES THE DELICATE PROCESS OF RELEASING WHAT ONCE DEFINED HIM, OF ACCEPTING THAT THE DANCE HE CARRIED FOR SO LONG NO LONGER BELONGS TO HIM.

MORE THAN A PERFORMANCE, KUMBÉ IS A RITUAL OF FAREWELL. IT EMBRACES THE VULNERABILITY OF ENDING, THE TENDERNESS OF DETACHMENT, AND THE BEAUTY THAT ARISES WHEN ONE ALLOWS SOMETHING TO DIE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.

CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE - MARINO ARIZA
DRAMATURGY - NATALIA VASCO, MARINO ARIZA.
MUSIC AND LIVE PERCUSSION - SIBONEY LA HABANA.
LIVE SINGING - YARELI MACARIO.
COSTUME DESIGNER - SOPHIE BÜSCHER.
VISUAL ART - NATALIA VASCO.
MENTORING - REGINA ROSSI. 
PICTURES - ALEXANDRA POLINA, CONSTANTIN TROMMLITZ