Matria imagines a history that is not represented in colonial, hegemonic narratives. In an exploration of Malambo, the resistance dance of the gauchos, known today in Argentina mainly as a solo competition between men, the performance dismantles the disciplinary and patriarchal aspect of the dance and moves towards a dance of rebellion. In the crossover between traditional and contemporary dance, the standard of Western aesthetics is challenged to create space for other dance ontologies.

With the support of the research grant DIS-TANZEN-SOLO-Stipendium, Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin; nadalokal director Amanda Piña, and the STIBET programme DAAD scholarship.

PH. ALICJA HOPPEL