The bodies are celestial

“The night of our homeland / of stars riddled / in a sieve for the divine / is straining souls.” This is how the poem Andean Night, by Gabriela Mistral, begins, a text that inspires Bodies are heavenly. This contemporary dance work investigates the Mistralian poetic vision of night and skies, through a choreographic work on the dark, rotating and depersonalized.

"I think about how we can do dance without the human body being something essential for it. In the piece there will be bodies, yes, but what we are looking for is that at least for a moment they become simply night, ghosts, celestial matter more than human matter," explains director María Betania González.

On stage there are nine performers and an immersive lighting installation, by Paulina Villalobos, which seeks to function as a tenth performer.

Director: María Betania González
Interpreters: Daniela Villanueva, Daniella Soto, Diana Carvajal, Francisca Miranda, Franco Oviedo, Georgia Del Campo, Jorge Volpi, José Chahin, Rodrigo Chaverini
Lighting installation: Paulina Villalobos
Assistant director: Alan Ibáñez and Rodrigo Chaverini
Production: Carla Redlich
Music: Alejandro Albornoz
Communications: Ximena Veas
Graphic: Eduardo Ceron
Choreographic and poetic assistance: Bárbara Pinto

Photo gallery credit: Patricio Melo