V A S T A

Fr 24 07 2026 18:30h Premiere

Sa 25 07 2026 18:30h

Su 26 07 2026 18:30h

In “V A S T A”, Lina Gómez, after seventeen years, returns to the stage as a dancer in her own work. In a solo of multiple presences on origin and transformation, she moves backwards, drawing on Latin American cosmovisions where the past lies ahead of us.

In dialogue with her deceased grandmothers, the body becomes a living archive. Memories of Colombian and Brazilian dance traditions unfold through circular movement, rhythm, and live percussion. “V A S T A” approaches the circle as a space of encounter, resistance, and shared time – asking: what do we carry forward, what do we transform, what do we leave behind?

Artistic direction, concept, choreography, dance
Lina Gómez

Conversation partners
Rosa Tulia Garcia
Cenith Antonia Serrudo

Artistic collaboration and choreographic advice
Ana Lessing Menjibar

Live percussion and composition
Aduni Guedes

Live music, composition and sound design
Andrea Parolin

Lighting design
Bruno Pocheron

Outside-eye
Luciane Ramos-Silva

Dramaturgical advice
Thomas Schaupp

Costume design
Reiner Törner

Technical direction
Bruno Pocheron
Andrea Parolin

Distribution
Tammo Walter

Production management
M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art

A production by Lina Gómez in co-production with Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin Bühne. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. A co-production of the Fonds Transfabrik – French-German Fund for the Performing Arts.

Supported by a residency at Perform[d]ance / Stralsund as well as by ETAPE DANSE, a network of fabrik Potsdam, La Briqueterie CDCN Val-de-Marne and Mosaico Danza – Interplay Festival, with the support of the Bureau du Théâtre et de la Danse / Institut français Deutschland, the French Ministry of Culture / DGCA, the City of Potsdam, Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo, Lavanderia a Vapore Turin, the Torinodanza Festival / Fondazione Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, the Tanz im August festival, and the EFFEA European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists.

Thanks to: Maria Esperanza Arias Garcia, Oswaldo Alonso Gomez Serrudo, Pilar Arias Garcia, Adriana Arias, Emerita Ivonne Gomez Serrudo, Carmen Sofía Gomez Serrudo, Nelson Gomez Serrudo, Ivan Darío Gomez Serrudo, Maria Angélica Gomez Serrudo, Zorayda Serrudo, Jose Luis Serrudo, Nery Sofia Diaz, Juan Camilo Alfonso, Esteban Card, Festival Nacional de Bullerengue Maria La Baja, Kuagro Bullerenguero Dolores Salinas, Comunidad Bullerenguera de Berlín, Maestra Darlina Sáenz, Valeria Pacific, Juca Junior, Team Physiotherapy Roseli Dutra, Isabela Fernandes Santana, Joaquim Lino, Gustavo Llano, Martin Stiefermann, Jana Bäskau, Schloss Bröllin and its team.