Visceral, transgressive and magnetic, Andrea Peña & Artists’ UK debut production BOGOTÁ constructs a brutalist landscape out of choreography inspired by Colombia’s political and spiritual heritage.
With striking intensity, nine performers chronicle transformations between chaos and rebirth, incarnating the tensions of ever-unfolding and turbulent histories. Offering a raw, physical experience of mutation and ultimately resurrection, BOGOTÁ delves into inherited mythologies in order to consider how origins are embodied and mortality is expressed through the endless cycles of existence and death.
This hybrid work employs the company’s trademark use of movement as a vehicle for storytelling, embarking on an esoteric journey through a universe charged with magical realism. It uncovers passageways to transcendence, honouring the rebellion of deviant bodies and paying tribute to resilience within the post-colonial era.
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Andrea Peña
Director & Choreographer
Credit Bobby León
Andrea Peña (she/her)
Director & Choreographer
Bogotá (Colombia) / Montreal (Canada)
Originating from Bogotá, Colombia, and having honed her practice in the territory of Tiohti:áke, Montreal, Andrea Peña is a prolific Latinx artist who has built international renown as a designer, choreographer and director of the multidisciplinary company Andréa Peña & Artists.
Originating from Bogotá, Colombia, and having honed her practice in the territory of Tiohti:áke, Montreal, Andrea Peña is a prolific Latinx artist who has built international renown as a designer, choreographer and director of the multidisciplinary company AP&A (Andréa Peña & Artists). With a background in design and fashion, Andrea is a definitively multifaceted visionary who works seamlessly across mediums. Rooted in extensive research and choreographic knowledge, she creates unique living universes that unify bodies and materials in performative, digital and sculptural environments.
Andrea’s artistic rigor has been recognized by numerous awards including the Ballet BC Choreographer Award 2024, whilst in 2023 she was the winner of the 1st international La Biennale di Venezia dance co-production. Complex, vulnerable and raw, her work has been commissioned by TanzKassel, National Arts Center, Phi Center, SAT and Ballet Edmonton. She has presented work at prestigious institutions and festivals across the world, including Musée d’Art Contemporain Montreal, Mattress Factory Museum Pittsburgh, Tanz Bremen, Tanzmesse, Theatre Freiburg, Tokyo Performing Arts Meeting, Attakkalari India Biennial, Milano Festival, Hong Kong International Choreography Festival, Festival Internacional de Danza de la Ciudad de México, Prisma Festival Panama, AADK Spain, and IONION Arts Center Greece to name but a few.
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About Andrea Peña & Artists +
Andrea Peña & Artists
Andrea Peña & Artists is recognised for the creation of critical, alternative and spatial universes that rupture our notions of a sensible humanity. Interested in the depth of human individuality that breaches from a personal disposition as a bi-cultural artist, Peña’s approach is known for its difficult choreography as a highly intricate, vulnerable and somatic raw physicality that engages in deep encounters between the physical body and a highly conceptual research approach. With a background in industrial design her work borrows from visual art practices and spatial qualities of creative making, questioning the body’s material relationship to space and time.
Cast & Creative +
- Andrea Peña
Artistic Direction - Andrea Peña in collaboration with the artists
Choreography - Nicholas Bellefleur, Charlie Prince, Jo Laïny Trozzo-Mounet, Marco Curci, Jontae McCrory, Erin O’loughlin, Francois Richard, Frédérique Rodier, Chi Long
Artists - Hugo Dalphond
Lighting Design - Debbie Doe
Sound Composition - Angelique Willkie
Dramaturgy - Helen Simard
Artistic Advisor - Jonathan Saucier and Polina Boltova
Costumes - Jonathan Saucier and Andrea Peña
Scenography
Credits +
Co-produced by Agora De la Danse, Danse Danse, International Festival of Contemporary Dance: La Biennale di Venezia
Venue & Access +
Venue
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The entrance to Sadler’s Wells East is off Stratford Walk, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E20 2AR
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Access information
Sadler’s Wells East is fully accessible and their facilities include:
- Disabled parking
- Adapted toilets
- Wheelchair spaces
- Lifts and flat access to auditoriums, bars and cafe
- Guide dogs are allowed
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