Paralelo Ritual
DATA SHEET
Three-channel video installation with stereo sound. 9 min 54 sec
Credits
Dancers: Diego Caiceros, Axel Castañeda, Miguel Ángel Gutierrez, Isaid Hernández; Maringuilla: Nestor Ramírez; Choreographer: Juan Carlos Palma; Director of photography: Katri Walker, Camera and editing assistant: Ollin Miranda; Original music: Concepción Huerta; Research and production assistant: Gerardo Zapata; Direct sound: Adrián León; Gaffer: Javier Venegas; Staff: Victor Cruz; Still photo: Álvaro Brandom; Costume designers: Ramos Hernández, Ernesto Toral, Bordados Xochipilli, Isabel Garmendia, Frank López; Color correction: Alfonso Víquez; Equipment rental: m&m produce; Acknowledgments: Eugenio Donacimento, Enrique Ježik.
DETALLES DEL PROYECTO
The piece is inspired by the Danza de los Negritos, a dance of Totonac origin that is danced in the mountainous area of the states of Veracruz, Puebla and Hidalgo in Mexico, as well as in several Latin American countries. It is part of a broad project to recover and reread traditional dances of pre-Hispanic and colonial origin based on the analysis of the narrative, symbolic, sound and choreographic parts that compose them.
The piece was a commissioned by the 2020 Grants and Commissions Program of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)
Paralelo Ritual. Video still
Paralelo Ritual. Video still
Paralelo Ritual. Video still