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Cata + Carmen

Name: Cata + Carmen | Embodic Films
Uploaded: 2023-02-21T01:34:00.000Z
Description: Dance film with Catalina and Carmen at Santa Barbara Chapel in Barichara, built around movement, rhythm, and the relation between bodies and place.

What we did

Film / Dance

Year

2023 February

Location

Barichara, Colombia

The project

Carmen and Catalina perform contact improvisation inside Santa Bárbara Chapel in Barichara. Close shots and wider views follow their movement through the stone space without interrupting the spontaneity of the dance.

DANCERS: Catalina Mahecha and Carmen Alcalde

Gallery

Cata and Carmen stand near a stone cross overlooking a Colombian town.

Woman carrying another on her back on stone steps, out of focus.

Aerial view of Cata and Carmen holding hands on a stone-paved surface.

Cata and Carmen stand before a brick building, possibly a church, with stone steps.

Two women dancing in Barichara, Colombia. Text overlay: "BARICHARA COLOMBIA

Two dancers performing outdoors on a stone plaza near steps and a building.

Cata and Carmen dancing outdoors in a public square, with stone steps and a cross in the background.

Dancers Cata and Carmen in a dynamic pose, one lifting the other on a stone surface.

The project

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