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The Cattleya Project
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Beginning as a series of performances created and performed by dancemaker and in2improv's founder S. Paola Lopez R., Cattleya grew into a women-led initiative nested under in2improv. Guided by those first performance-based explorations around the concepts of space (how do we take up space as women?), perception (how we perceive ourselves – physically, emotionally, spiritually – as women?), identity (how can we recreate our identity?) and presence (how are we present in this world?), this project now utilizes workshops and performances to empower women and their communities to reimagine and recreate representations of femininity and masculinity. The project is currently going to Sin Violencia A.C. - a women’s shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - on a regular basis to give movement-based workshops focusing on exploration and play. The Cattleya Project intends to promote artistic and social development by creating new gender performances and re-imagining the gender binary as a fluid and dynamic spectrum.
See what we accomplished in 2016 here.
See what we accomplished in 2016 here.
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We are very excited to be part of TRANSFRONTERIZA - a project that seeks to empower women from both sides of the border to take leadership in the development of their communities. Click here to find out more!
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Our director teaching a workshop at Sin Violencia as part of TRANSFRONTERIZA's outreach. Photo credit: Brioch Ochoa
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