This place you shared with us (solo) Our grandmothers call the mountain, ‘the mountain with the ocean inside’ (trio)

Premieres at Texas Woman’s University, Dance Division Black Box Theatre. This work emerged from the research project ‘Water Sources as Embodied Archives: ecosomatic dances and traditional knowledges (Teotihuacan, Mexico City and Denton)’ with Danza Chikawa and TWU IDC company. Supported by TWU Creative Arts and Humanities Grant 

These pieces emerged from a shared concern about the effect building and mining have had on water tables and water quality globally (with a focus on Teotihuacan, Mexico City and Denton). Mining the mountains around Mexico City and the Teotihuacan area has had s detrimental impact on rainfall. The mountains attract and gather rainfall, creating natural reservoirs and filtering water. In recent years many of these mountains have been mined out of existence, as a result, water has become scarce, and natural cycles are disrupted. Member of Danza Chikawa had been dancing and lobbying for legislation to protect the mountains around the pyramids at Teotihuacan. This initial research was a collaboration between myself, Elisa De La Rosa, and Danza Chikawa particularly dancer Yoezer Flores and family.