What Moves Us is a moment in your life, a connection in between people, a risky space, a participatory experience.

Interdisciplinary performance investigation that explores different possibilities of collaboration and artistic formats (dance, video, music, etc.) starting from the questions What moves you? / What moves us?. The question is both an epistemic and ontological reflection emanating as a way to give back meaning to our everyday. Chance and chaos are essential elements in the performance, providing a surprising spectrum of variants and possibilities.


Concept: Melissa Cisneros
Direction and interpretation: Maria Mavridou, Marta Sponzilli and Melissa Cisneros
Costume and Scenography: Hermanas Medalla
Production: La Mecedora in collaboration with Tepito Productions

Performances:

Micro-tour Europe / Performance-Creation: Maria Mavirdou (GR/NL) and Melissa Cisneros (MX)
What Moves Us "Barcelona", Guest artists: Amaranta Velarde and Diana Gadish, Antic Teatre, Barcelona, (Nov. 2013); What Moves Us "Amsterdam", Guest artists: Alfredo Genovesi and Gerri Jäger, Light design: Emese Csornai and Petyr Veenstra, Muidepoorttheater (Nov. 2013) and OT301 (Oct. 2013); "Milano", Guest artist: Eliza Ferrari, Light design: Violeta Arista, PIM Off Spazio Scenico, Milan (Oct. 2013).

México / Performance-Creation: Marta Sponzilli (IT) and Melissa Cisneros (MX)
What Moves Us SLP, Guest artists: Sexy Mapping (Alejandro Medina and Iván García), Centro de Artes y Nuevas Tecnologías (CANTE), SLP, (June 2013); What Moves Us Mexico City, Guest artist: Jésica Elizondo, Bani Khoshnoudi, Caterina Pecchioli and Teresa María Díaz Neiro, Salón de danza UNAM, Mexico City (Nov. 2012); Guest artist: Tania Solomonoff, Ivan Ontiverios and Hunab ku Mata Caro, Foro Experimental Black Box, CENART, Mexico City (July 2012).

Publication:

RECETARIO COREOGRÁFICO. UN ROADBOOK. TEXTO EN PROCESO, editado por Colectivo AM, México D.F., Mx. (2012).

   Photography: Davide Tremolada