A Passo di Mulo
21st - 23rd February 2020
Open Spaces - Tanzfabrik
Berlin - Germany
V A S T A
V A S T A is a solo of multiple presences, marking Lina Gómez’s return to the stage as a performer in her own work after nearly two decades working as a choreographer. Gómez moves backwards as a continuous gesture. In doing so, she draws on Latin American cosmovisions in which the past lies ahead of the body, visible and knowable, while the future approaches from behind, beyond view.
The piece unfolds in dialogue with her late grandmothers, women shaped by strength and endurance. Their gestures, their silences, and their stories, marked by different forms of violence and joy, remain present. On stage, they become an act of rewriting: absence gains weight, presence flickers.
The body becomes a living archive, suspended between recollection and imagination. Memories of Colombian and Brazilian dances emerge through circular movement, rhythm, and live percussion interwoven with electronic sound. V A S T A approaches the circle as a space of encounter, resist-
ance, and shared time, asking what we carry forward, what we transform, and what we choose to 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.