Cuerpo Indisciplinado (Undisciplined Body)

In Residence:
November 16, 2016 - December 14, 2016
Discipline:
Theatre
Country:
Chile

Cuerpo Indisciplinado (Undisciplined Body)’s creation and scenic research was born in 2012 out of a focus on the conditioning that the theatrical discipline imposes on the scene and on the performers’ bodies. Using this as a jumping off point, co-founders Camila Karl and Ébana Garín began a series of scenic experiments in search of a genuine gesture which resulted in The Clinic. This project was supported by the fund Bicentennial Juan Gómez Millas from the University of Chile. The company was in residence at Château de Monthelon, France (2014) and participated in festivals in France, “Le rencontres de Monthelon,” in Switzerland, and “Zürcher Theater Spektakle” and “Noorderzone Performing Arts Festival” in Holland. During 2015, the core group, including art theory professors, worked on a book that revives the experience of The Clinic from the perspective of artists. The project was made possible with sponsorship and support from the University of Chile.

 

While in residence at The Watermill Center,Cuerpo Indisciplinado (Undisciplined Body) will collaborate with artists Daniela Contreras (Dramaturg) and Cristian Mayorga (Stage designer) on La Fábrica (The Factory). La Fábrica is a theater and performance installation that was inspired by an abandoned Chilean metal factory and its employees. The artists will research how the space determents bodies.

“The body, for us, is the battlefield for disciplinary limits, discourse, ideology and symbols. Above all else, it is where the question of being human rises.”e.

Click here to view images from Cuerpo Indisciplinado’s open rehearsal.

The project was awarded with FONDART 2016, by the National Council of Culture and The Arts of Chile and the residency was made possible with sponsorship and support from the National Council of Culture and The Arts of Chile, Teatro a Mil International Festival Foundation, DIRAC (Direction of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile).
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