Unraveling Absence
Corazon Tierra sings, dancing in spirals as she invokes the
energy of Mother Earth. As the Earth herself becomes presence in her substantial
movements, Corazon begins a journey to the past through her memories of
anorexia.
Unraveling from her center image, the Earth Goddess, she sculpts in the space the different moments in which the self becomes scattered and invisible. She becomes a little girl in the instant of losing joy. Afraid of becoming fat and hungry for her father’s attention, she compresses her growth into an armor.
Incarnating the anorexic body, she visits the place of
the compulsive teenager who starves herself while swallowing her anger and pain.
When almost disappeared, Corazon throws herself to the world trapped inside the
anorexic body. Moving inside the pain, crying old tears, giving way to her
anger, removing the nails that grasped her grace, Corazon unravels herself back
to her presence.
Merging dance, theater, poetry, song and music, Corazon weaves an exquisite
piece that reveals her journey from an anorexic girl to a woman who reclaims her
inner Goddess. She incorporates elements of Flamenco, African and Afro-Caribbean
dance and combines them with the movements of the energies, forces and emotions
she invokes in the journey. The result is a performance in which silence, sound,
voice and movement are beautifully concentrated, creating enchantment.
Length: 20 minutes
This piece is ideal to present as part of a conference or festival. It can be
combined with Corazón's lecture
Almost Disappearing: Reclaiming the Territory of my Body or included in an
introductory workshop of
MoonBody.