Yolanda Morales (Bremen)

Picture shows Yolanda Morales
Foto: G2 Baraniak
Picture shows Yolanda Morales
Foto: G2 Baraniak

Biography:

Yolanda Morales, born in Chiapas, Mexico, is a choreographer, dancer and performer. Morales trained as a dancer in Mexico and completed her Master’s degree in Performance Studies at the University of Hamburg in 2018. In her choreographic works, she deals with the drafting of fictional bodies and the reconstruction, recontextualization and reinterpretation of movement as a form of socio-political action. She dedicates her work to current social issues from a decolonial perspective.

Freischwimmen project:

For Freischwimmen I want to explore the reconstruction, recontextualization and reinterpretation of movement as a form of cultural resistance. Dancing as an expression of the attempt to find a collective, self-empowered identity and to defy postcolonial and migrant rootlessness. Central to this is “the slowed down Cumbia Colombiana.” A dance that emerged in the social and geopolitical context of the borderlands between Mexico and the United States. Together with my team I want to research and document this and other dances. In this way, a physical-sensory encyclopaedia that resist the brutal consequences of capitalism will be created of dances threatened with extinction.

Statement:

The existing network allowed me to refine my artistic practice and reach other audiences. The opportunity to spend a whole year taking part in labs, consultations, residencies, and coaching sessions was, for my team and I, nurturing on artistic, professional, and personal levels, and significantly contributed to our growth.

Performances:

Invitations and residencies:

Invitations

2023 Lichthof Theater, Hamburg
2024 Dance Platform, Freiburg
2024 Schwankhalle, Bremen

Residencies

2023 Hoch X, Munich
2023 Schwankhalle, Bremen