A GARDEN
5/8/20241 min read

A GARDEN FULL OF FLOWERS
MY SOLO DEBUT IN GERMANY. IT IS A PIECE THAT REFLECTS ON MIGRATION AND THE DEEP SOLITUDE EXPERIENCED BY A PERSON IN A NEW COUNTRY WITHOUT KNOWING THE LANGUAGE, WITHOUT KNOWING ANYONE, WITHOUT ANY HUMAN CONNECTION. WITHIN THIS LONELY SPACE, A GARDEN IS BUILT WHERE THE FLOWERS BECOME THE SIBLINGS OF THE MIGRANT SELF, DANCING, LAUGHING, SINGING, AND CRYING TOGETHER.
THE SOLO INTEGRATES CONTEMPORARY AND AFRO DANCE WITH LIVE SINGING BY ANN2K TO CREATE A POETIC, INTIMATE, AND NOSTALGIC EXPERIENCE. IT INVITES THE AUDIENCE TO NAVIGATE EMOTIONS OF MEMORY, LONGING, AND CONNECTION THROUGH MOVEMENT AND SOUND.
CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE - MARINO ARIZA.
DRAMATURGY - NATALIA VASCO, MARINO ARIZA.
MUSIC AND LIVE SINGING - ANN2K.
PICTURES - ALEXANDRA POLINA.