Amanda Romero Canepa - shimmer & death

In the organizer's words:

"shimmer & death" explores the connection between life and death in nature as an aesthetic element. The performance takes the audience into a world of extinct and imaginary creatures as well as landscapes of the past and future. From a more-than-human perspective, it seeks to understand the multiple interrelationships within our damaged planet and propose a view that goes beyond the human ego. It is an invitation to heal our wounded relationship with nature.

The piece offers a poetic reflection on the relationship between the living and the deceased and opens up new horizons for understanding ecosystems. The unique beauty of each life form is celebrated through the morphing and quality movements of the dancers, be it past, present or future. The emphasis on this connection encourages the audience to think beyond their individual existence and connect to the larger network of life.

The play reminds us that we are part of a larger ecosystem not only intellectually, but also on a sensory level. By physically experiencing nature, we can develop a deeper understanding of its need for protection.

AMANDA ROMERO

Amanda Romero is a Peruvian performer and choreographer based in Cologne. She has been creating original and collaborative works in different formats and venues since 2018, always focusing on ritual practices in the relationship between humans and nature from a transcultural perspective.

As co-founder of the collective .Dencuentro, together with Greta Salgado and Constanza Ruiz, they developed methods for artistic collective work, developed a production and several mediation formats.
Their current research focuses on movement and dance as a practice of resistance against ecological colonization and as a medium to heal the wounded relationship between the human species and the ecosystem.

TEAM

Choreography Amanda Romero Canepa

Dance Vivien Kovarbasic, Hrista Panayotova, Sebastian Varra, Paulina Jürgens, Greta Salgado, Constanza Ruiz

Dramaturgy Benedetta Reuter

Sound Sebastian Romero

Costume, stage Camilo Pachon

Photos and trailer Alessandro De Matteis