~ work in progress ~
NOMADA is a journey of the Creator through three worlds; Sky World, Underworld, and Earth. This journey helps maintain harmony of all the earthly and cosmological elements. It is the physical and spiritual act of renewal, affirmation, and restoration.
Inspired by personal stories of displacement, rituals of water, cycles of sustainability and the connections of our bodies to land, this performance is a journey rooted in in-depth research and fieldwork. A restorative process and a gateway to connection, the experience honors the stories of Diana Lopez-Soto’s Otomi and Purepecha ancestry, contemporary community, history and relationship to the land and culture of Michoacan, Mexico.
Combining aerial movement, installation art and projection design with contemporary Mexican Indigenous dance, NOMADA is a deeply textured work that reflects the continuously changing balance of the earth.
Diana Lopez Soto | Canada/Mexico
Producer, Creator, Rigging Design, Performance Artist: Diana Lopez Soto
Dramaturgy and Rehearsal Director: Rebecca Carney
Composer: Edgardo Moreno
Pirekua Composer: Eandi Cuiriz Ramos
Projection Designer: Samay Arcentales Cajas
Lighting Designer: Arun Srinivasan
Costume Designer: Adriana Fulop
Set Designer: Andy Moro
Knowledge Keeper: Leonardo Martin Vargas Carrion
First NOMADA Script: Alejandro Ronceria
Rigging Specialists: Rebecca Leonard, Israel Barrera Hernandez
Stage Manager: Taylor Young
Nomada is supported by the CanDance Network commissioning program, with five presenters across Canada taking part. They are Public Energy Performing Arts (Peterborough), Canadian Stage (Toronto), Danceworks (Toronto), Crimson Coast Dance Society (Nanaimo), PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (Vancouver)