THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Crystal Field, Executive Director, Presents:
In Association With
Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute
as part of
New York Butoh Institute Online Festival 2020
Friday, October 16 at 8PM EST
BROKEN BODY
RUTA DE LA MEMORIA (CHILE)
$5
Photo by Felipe Cona
Screening via Zoom of a performance of BROKEN BODYby CHILEAN BUTOH COMPANY RUTA DE LA MEMORIA
Live introduction by Director Natalia Cuéllar
Broken Body tells the story of three pregnant women who disappeared during the Pinochet dictatorship of Chile.
44 minutes
Directed and Choreographed by Natalia Cuéllar
Performed in 2019 at the Camilo Henríquez Theater in Santiago, Chile
Lighting Design Raimundo Estay
Filmed by: Camera by Fabián Rueda / Edition by, Nicolás Medina
List of performers:
Ursula Campos
Belén Espinosa
Alvaro Pizarro
Natalia Cuéllar
Ruta de la Memoria, directed by Natalia Cuéllar, is a company from Santiago, Chile that mixes theater, butoh, and dance. Natalia Cuéllar, actress and choreographer, develops her artistic career in Butoh, with a language that investigates political discourse, to create her poetics and discursive aesthetics. Natalia Cuéllar, Actress and dancer, studied theater in Chile, and continued her artistic training in Europe, following the lineage of Grotowski. Later, she moved on to Butoh, studying with different masters such as butoh dancers Makiko Tominaga and Minako Seki. In 2008, she founded the Ruta de la Memoria Company in Santiago, Chile, a company that focuses on the issues of gender, human rights, and memory. Cuéllar’s works have been critically acclaimed in Chile and dubbed “amazing” (Fabian Escalona), “impressive” (Marietta Santi ), “intense and shocking” (Pedro Labra Herrera – El Mercurio), and “spine-chilling” (Leopoldo Pulgar Ibarra). Since 2014, she has directed and organized the celebrated International Butoh Festival in Chile (FIBUTOH). www.fibutoh.com