Disappeared — Marcela Santander Corvalán
In this choreographic solo by the Franco-Chilean artist Marcela Santander Corvalán, the squatting position becomes dance.
Event information
Time: 2026-06-06 22:00 UTC – 2026-06-06 22:40 UTC
Place: Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, 41 Rue Lécuyer, 93300, Aubervilliers
Price: Free
Tags: Dance
About this event
I'm squatting. I'm on the ground. I see things from below. Hair, breasts, penis, legs and face construct this dance “from below”. Immersed in this posture, I revisit the memory of the gestures that constitute it. A millennial posture, a posture of waiting, of work, of magic; an obscene posture, sometimes difficult, uncomfortable, which one might believe prevents movement. I can't collapse, I can't jump, my knees are bent, I walk, I jump, I dance. For this solo, I started with a posture taken from the duo Époque, a piece created with Volmir Cordeiro in 2015, based on women's dances from the 20th century. We were then inspired by a Japanese dance that someone had told me about and that I had never seen. A dance for which the dancer was squatting.
This dance, still unknown to me, continued to intrigue me. From this ignorance and the desire to see it one day, I took this posture and put it at the heart of a dance that would be mine, evocative of this rich source of inspiration. By exploring this squatting position, I take a journey through time, from the pre-Columbian Andes, to its most current resurgences. Nightclub and club dances, but also underground, in this very deep space, below the ground, unknown and mysterious. Posture becomes a fertile field of study, a territory, a living archive, an active memory.
Marcela Santander Corvalán, Choreographer
Marcela Santander Corvalán,
Franco-Chilean, has a background as an international performer, choreographer and teacher. She works with the history of archives and memory as creative tools. The issue of inclusion in art spaces is at the heart of his concerns. Since January 2025, she has co-directed the Aubervilliers Laboratories alongside Patricia Allio and Mara Teboul.
Complete program for the evening at the Labs7:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m. : I don't know how to write to you, my love — Sandra Calderan
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