Lecture performance in the format of an open dance class. The lecture performance proposes to mix the seriousness of a conference on miscegenation, relationships of exoticism, the notion of the “Bon sauvage”, and contemporary ways in which colonial relations are maintained, all telled with the informality of a salsa class.

During dance class, concrete examples of the way in which binary thinking is embodied in Western culture bodies, and how tropical rythms are a good exercises to dismantle or put into brackets this way of thinking.

Using the museum as dancefloor, the lecture discusses the links between Adrian Piper´s Funk Lessons and Helio Oiticica´s Parangolés; both artists whom reflected on hiperationalization through bodily art experiences.

Lecture performance in the format of an open dance class.
(Ongoing project since 2014)
Script: Adaptation from texts by John Cage, Adrian Piper, Helio Oiticica, and The Antropophagus Manifesto. Together with videos of salsa choke´s spontaneuos choreography made in Cali.
duration: 1:30 hrs.
The México version was created together with dancer Juan Francisco Maldonado.
Text of the Madrid version were performed by actress Ana María Gómez.

HEGELIAN DANCERS