HERES

Contemporary urban dance to the limit: hip-hop freestyle and popping (funk style) at the service of deep reflection. That is HERES, a work that challenges technical virtuosity to make way for authenticity, memory and social trauma.

Through the cypher as a space for improvisation and reflection, the piece invites the viewer to question: What type of body is it? What characteristics define this body? What self-imposed restrictions affect movement?

"This work is born from the need to make visible how patriarchy is inscribed in our bodies and determines our ways of relating," explains its director Nicolás Cancino. "It is essential that new generations have spaces to recognize, question and transform this cultural heritage. Young people are eager for tools to understand their own bodies and relationships from a critical perspective, and contemporary urban art offers them a close and powerful language to do so. It is not just about denouncing, but about proposing new ways of living. the body and the collective space,” he adds.

On stage, eight urban performers are deployed, coming from diverse territories and contexts, who transform their personal history into stage material.
"We will see episodes that expose everyday tensions, such as "the greeting" or "the game", where normalized micro-violence from childhood is evident," emphasizes Cancino.

The sound creation of the montage is in charge of the renowned hip hop music producer Macrode, whose proposal enhances the rawness, intensity and emotional texture since the work requires a higher level of personal exposure and interpretive work.
"The challenge was to create a new body language based on one's own biographies, holding the work in a space where hip hop does not usually inhabit," concludes the director.


Company Doyoh | Direction and Choreography Nicolás Cancino Rebolledo | Performers: Lucas Carter, Mónica Casanueva, Nicolás Cheuquepan, Loló Leiva, Javiera Martínez, Víctor Morales, Paula Castro, Valentina Alarcón and Rubí Meléndez | General Production Ximena Bastías Abarza | Music Production Macrodee | Technical Chief and Lighting Fernando Vidal Solis | Costume Design Javiera Labbé Carvajal | Comprehensive DesignKatherine Maureira Álvarez

Financed by the National Fund for the Promotion and Development of the Performing Arts, Call 2024.