Andrea Peña & Artists
The body politic
A skilful fusion of dance, industrial design and queer aesthetics, Andrea Peña & Artists’s BOGOTÁ opened the 17th Venice Biennale. A large-scale work, radical and innovative.
A choreographer with a hybrid background in dance and design, Andrea Peña is known for her rigorous conceptual creations, conceived as installations in which the body dialogues with materiality. Of dual Canadian-Colombian heritage, here she reexamines her Latin American roots with a resolutely post-colonial eye. Created in collaboration with nine performers and a dozen associates, BOGOTÁ recreates the dynamic, high-contrast landscape of the Colombian capital, where chaos, collective resilience and exuberant creativity intertwine.
Inspired by Latin American baroque and age-old magical realism viewed from a queer perspective, the work delves into the themes of death and rebirth that are so deeply rooted in this culture. Visceral, transgressive and mesmerizing; a bold venture, halfway between stage performance and dance theatre, that transcends boundaries!
Artists
Company
Andrea Peña & Artists (AP&A )fuses the worlds of choreography and design, and is renowned for its creations with critical, alternative and spatial universes that challenge our conception of sensitive humanity. AP&A is a millennial company that believes in the possibilities of crafting new imaginaries in the choreographic and performing arts: by returning, individually and collectively, to our essence as human beings.
Credits
BOGOTÁ
Artistic Direction Andrea Peña.
Choreography Andrea Peña in collaboration with the artists.
Interpreters Nicholas Bellefleur, Charlie Prince, Jo Laïny Trozzo-Mounet, Jean-Benoît Labrecque, Jontae McCrory, Erin O’loughlin, Francois Richard, Frédérique Rodier, Chi Long.
Lighting Design Hugo Dalphond.
Sound Composition Debbie Doe.
Dramaturgy Angelique Willkie.
Artistic Advisor Helen Simard.
Costumes Jonathan Saucier and Polina Boltova.
Scenography Jonathan Saucier and Andrea Peña.
Technical Director Conrad St-Gelais.
Visuals Bobby Leon, Felix Godbout Delavaud, Antoine Ryan / Kevin Calero, Andrea Peña.
Graphic Design Rico Rica.
Producers Polina Boltova and Isaïe Richard.
Tour Manager Isaïe Richard.
Co-producers Agora De la Danse, Danse Danse, International Festival of Contemporary Dance: La Biennale di Venezia.
Development agent Mickaël Spinnhirny, Agence Mickaël Spinnhirny
Andrea Peña has received the support from International Festival of Contemporary Dance: La Biennale di Venezia, Agora De la Danse.
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