KVS

RUIDO BLANCO

Andrea Bonilla
Work in Progress
Fri 22.11.2024 14:30 - 15:30
KVS, Brussels
KVS Dance studio
22.11.2024
14:30 - 15:30
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Ruido Blanco is a contemporary dance performance that delves into the experience of being a Black woman in today’s society. 

Through symbolic body language, the performance opens an internal dialogue about identity, self-awareness, and social pressure. It questions and deconstructs the stereotypes and expectations imposed on Black women, creating space for reflection and resistance. 

Through fluid movements and powerful gestures, Ruido Blanco reflects the ongoing struggle to affirm one's identity amid external voices trying to define it. The choreography merges various dance styles to further amplify the narrative of diversity and complexity within the piece. This work is not only an artistic exploration but also a declaration of emancipation, inviting the audience to reconsider their perceptions of race and gender.

 

 

ANDREA BONILLA OSPINA is an Afro-Colombian dancer, teacher, researcher, capoeirista, and choreographer. Her artistic work and research focus on dialogue with the landscape and interdisciplinary approaches, with an emphasis on issues such as race, ethnicity, class, and gender. She advises the Ministry of Culture on developing content for the Interculturality, Negros, Afros, Raizales y Palenqueros curriculum (2021). She is also involved in the Danza Vivaprogram, a member of the Departmental Dance Council of Valle del Cauca, and received a Ministry of Culture grant in 2008 for her research on Afro-contemporary dance, representation of a new thought, which she developed in Medellín alongside the Sankofa company. In 2010, she received an ICETEX Young Talents in Art scholarship to study contemporary dance trends in Argentina. In 2014, she was awarded the Colombia-Cuba Dance Internship grant by the Ministry of Culture. As an artistic director, her stage works include Oxo (Natalia Cárdenas, 2022), Reminiscencia (Jhojan Andrés Avendaño, 2022), Preludio de un sentimiento (Fabián Cárdenas, 2022), Historias Cruzadas (2022), and Onios(2017), as well as international performances such as Historias Convergentes (2016) and Ardid (2015). She is the founder of Afro al Parque Cali, a project initiated in 2014 to decentralize and make art visible by creating new urban spaces rooted in cultural practices and by bringing bodies into contact with African expressions. She holds a master's degree in Performing Arts with a specialization in contemporary dance and a master's in Intercultural Studies.

 

 

Credits

MET STEUN VAN / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE / WITH THE SUPPORT OF Bienal de Danza de Cali, Afro al parque Cali PROXIMAMENTE festival residency 2024