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Constructing the Flesh:
Discourses on Gender and Disability in Performance in Mexico

April 28, 3:30pm-5:30pm (EST); 2:30-4:30pm (MX)
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In this live event hosted by the AIM Lab (Access in the Making) at Concordia and the Hemispheric Encounters Partnership (SSHRC), choreographer Stephanie Sherman*, director Juan Carlos Saavedra**, the blind actors of Teatro Ciego and graduates of the Centro Universitario de Teatro of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) will present and discuss three performance works that question gender and disability constructs in Mexico: 

  • The film of “Construyendo la carne (2018)": A dance-theater piece in collaboration with the UNAM and Teatro Ciego as part of Dr. Stephanie Sherman’s Postdoctoral Fulbright Award.
  • “Caída Libre”: A video dance piece created during the pandemic.
  • “Construyo mi carne”: 6 live short monologues on gender and identity by the members of “Construyendo la carne.”

PROGRAM (EST):

  • 3:30pm-4:10pm: Construyendo la carne
  • 4:10-4:15pm: Caída libre
  • 4:15pm-5pm: Construyo mi carne
  • 5pm: Open discussion / Q & A

*Fulbright Award 2018
**Beneficiary of the 2020 Scenic Creators Program of the Support System for Creation and Cultural Projects (Fonca)

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Construyendo la carne: discursos sobre género y discapacidad en las artes escénicas en México

19 de abril, 3:30pm-5:30pm (EST; 2:30-4:30pm (MX)
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En este evento organizado por Laboratorio AIM (Concordia) y Encuentros Hemisféricos, coreógrafa Stephanie Sherman, director Juan Carlos Saavedra*, los actores ciegos de Teatro Ciego y egresados del Centro Universitario de Teatro de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) presentarán y hablarán de tres obras performáticas que cuestionan constructos de género y discapacidad en México.

  • La grabación de “Construyendo la carne (2018):” Pieza de danza-teatro en colaboración con la UNAM y Teatro Ciego como parte de la beca post doctoral  Fulbright Award de la Doctora Stephanie Sherman.
  • “Caída Libre:” Video danza creada durante la pandemia. 
  • “Construyo mi carne:” 6 monólogos cortos en vivo sobre género e identidad por los miembros de “Construyendo la carne” 

PROGRAMA (EST):

  • 3:30pm-4:10pm: Construyendo la carne
  • 4:10-4:15pm: Caída libre
  • 4:15pm-5pm: Construyo mi carne
  • 5pm: Discusión / Preguntas y respuestas

*Beca Fulbright 2018
**Beneficiario del Programa Creadores Escénicos 2020 del Sistema de apoyos a la creación y a proyectos culturales (Fonca)

Cast members
Construyendo mi Carne/ Construyo mi carne:
Ariadne Alfonseca (UNAM)
Erika Bernal (Teatro Ciego)
Alejandro Garza (UNAM)
Cristian Arias (Teatro Ciego)
Marco Antonio Martinez (Teatro Ciego)
Judith Cotarelo (UNAM)

Caida Libre: 
Starring: Marco Antonio Martinez (Teatro Ciego)
Film director, editor, and camera: Dana Albicker
Artistic Direction: Juan Carlos Saavedra and Stephanie Sherman
Assistant Director: Judith Cotarelo
Original Music: Santiago Vergara Anda
Audio description: Edgar Lacolz

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