RIFT combines elements of Flamenco and Butoh with archetype, myth and legend in response to global femicide. RIFT bears witness to the deep pain of women everywhere who address the losses and harms of gender violence in order to restore awareness and advocate for change. Inspired by the power of Butoh and the Cante Hondo (deep song) in flamenco, this work explores the lament and struggle associated with the search for collective renewal.
Choreography & Performance: Salome Nieto
Production, Lighting Design, & Stage Manager: Eduardo Meneses-Olivar
Mask Design and Creation: Gina Bastone
Video: Rocco Trigueros
Text: Nora Strejilevich
Music Mixing & Sound Design: Carl Craig
Assistant Stage Manager: Enrique Mohler & Celine Pinget Floor Drawings: Claire Moore
Graphic Design: Pavel Garcia
Costume Design: Salome Nieto
Costume Creation: Katherine Soucie (white dress) & Monica Thorsness (Bata de Cola)
Program notes:
Special thanks to the Vancouver International Dance Festival, Cory Philley and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, The Anvil Centre, VLACC, Mentor Oscar Nieto and flamenco artists Michelle Harding, Stephanie Pedraza and Andrea Williams.
Resources of interest in the subject of femicide: www.who.int/en/ www.health-genderviolence.org www.vawlearningnetworkca/form-femicide
Photography by Tonya Ng
