QUINCEAÑERAS
From girl to woman: a 15th birthday is celebrated in style in Latin America. In Quinceañeras, Luisa Alfonso and Estefanía Álvarez Ramírez explore this ritual and transform it into an intimate, exuberant celebration of femininity and friendship.
The celebration itself is rooted in European debutante balls and combined with indigenous rites of passage is an example of imposed colonial traditions being reappropriated and turned into forms of empowerment. Luisa and Estefanía explore how traditions can be both restrictive and liberating.
What does it mean to come of age within a system of imposed rituals, and how can these rituals be rewritten as forms of resistance and self-affirmation? As Colombian artists living in Europe, Luisa and Estefanía approach this theme from the perspective of migrants. Their friendship fueled their creative process: a space of trust, care, and playfulness in which they explore new forms of female representation. Through dance, music, and performative rituals, they transform the theater into a hybrid space where excess, emotion, nostalgia and absences intertwine.
Credits
- Production of Luisa Fernanda Alfonso & Estefanía Álvarez Ramírez
- Concept, ontwerp en spel Estefanía Álvarez Ramírez & Luisa Fernanda Alfonso
- Coaching dramaturgie Piero Ramella
- Scenografie en video Manuela Vilanova
- Kostuum August Barron
- Light design Catalina Fernández
- Music Luisa Fernanda Alfonso
- Technische leiding Quentin Maes
- Outside eye Mario Barrantes Espinoza
- Head of production Caravan Production
- Coproduction WorkSpaceBrussels, kunstencentrum BUDA, KAAP, Kaaitheater, Be My Guest Network, PACT Zollverein, ICI-CCN Montpellier
- Residency Something Great, WorkSpaceBrussels, kunstencentrum BUDA, KAAP, PACT Zollverein, ICI-CCN Montpellier
- Supported by the Flemish Authorities, Fonds Darstellende Künste
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