Andrea
Peña & Artists

BOGOTÁ

11 - 14 Dec 2024

A skilful fusion of dance, industrial design and queer aesthetics, Andrea Peña & Artists’ BOGOTÁ opened the 17th Venice Biennale. A radical and innovative large-scale work.

A choreographer with a hybrid background in dance and design, Andrea Peña is known for her rigorous conceptual creations, conceived as installations in which the body dialogues with materiality. Of dual Canadian-Colombian heritage, here she reexamines her Latin American roots with a resolutely post-colonial eye. Created in collaboration with nine performers and a dozen associates, BOGOTÁ recreates the dynamic, high-contrast landscape of the Colombian capital, where chaos, collective resilience and exuberant creativity intertwine. Inspired by Latin American baroque and age-old magical realism viewed from a queer perspective, the work delves into the themes of death and rebirth that are so deeply rooted in this culture. Visceral, transgressive and mesmerizing; a bold venture, halfway between stage performance and dance theatre, that transcends boundaries!

Andrea Peña & Artists

Andrea Peña & Artists is a company renowned for creating critical, alternative and spatial worlds that break with our notions and understanding of a sentient humanity. Intrigued by the depths of individuality, a theme rooted in her bi-cultural origins, Peña’s choreography is imbued with vulnerability, complexity and dynamic physicality, extending beyond simple movement by means of conceptual research. With a background in industrial design, her works are influenced by the visual arts and spatial qualities, focusing on the body as matter that exists in relation to time and space.

Andrea
Peña & Artists

December 11-12-13-14, 2024 – 7 PM

Duration : 80 minutes

REGULAR : 49 $


Credits

Choreography Andrea Peña & Artists

Performers Nicholas Bellefleur, Charlie Prince, Jo Laïny Trozzo-Mounet, Jean-Benoît Labrecque, Jontae McCrory, Erin O’loughlin, Francois Richard, Frédérique Rodier, Chi Long

Artistic Direction Andrea Peña

Dramaturgy Angelique Willkie

Scenography Jonathan Saucier, Andrea Peña

Rehearsal Direction Helen Simard

Technical Direction Conrad St-Gelais

Lighting Hugo Dalphond

Sound Direction Debbie Doe

Costumes Jonathan Saucier, Polina Boltova

Visuals Bobby Leon, Felixe Godbout-Delavaud, Antoine Ryan / Kevin Calero, Andrea Peña

Graphic Design Rico Rica

Production Polina Boltova, Isaïe Richard

Tour Management Isaïe Richard

Agency Mickaël Spinnhirny / CAPAS • Label de danse

Co-production Agora de la danse, Danse Danse, International Festival of Contemporary Dance: La Biennale di Venezia

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Andrea
Peña & Artists

BOGOTÁ

11 - 14 Dec 2024