The flickering flame of memory

Santiago Mariño

A performer kneels on the stage, back arched, and one arm extended outward toward the light. The spotlight bathes the figure in a soft glow, contrasting with the surrounding blackness
A performer kneels on the stage, back arched, and one arm extended outward toward the light. The spotlight bathes the figure in a soft glow, contrasting with the surrounding blackness
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A performer raises one of their legs and both arms high in the air, as he stands at the border of an overhead light that creates a light circle on the floor.

The flickering flame of memory

Santiago Mariño

A body as memory made flesh: in this personal dance solo, Santiago Mariño shows what it means to live in a country where he was not born. As a Colombian dancer with Indigenous and European ancestors, who moves between South America and Europe, he engages with the colonial legacy that has shaped him and continues to have an effect on his body. For his final project in the Master's Programme in Choreography and Performance at the University of Giessen, he interweaves South American cosmologies, lost knowledge and Western ideas of dance as an art form in a space flooded with fog. In doing so, Mariño manoeuvres between states of disappearance and permanence and surrenders to the (personal) loss that is inherent in every memory. “The flickering flame of memory” is a dialogue with personal ancestors and the scars of colonisation that pain us even today.

Infos
  • Duration: 50 Minutes
  • Language: Spoken Langauge English, Spanish
  • Note: Strobe light is used

Accessibility

Accessibility of Location

Zugänglich mit Rollstuhl
Barrierefreie Haltestelle
Behindertenparkplätze vorhanden
Barrierefreie Toilette
Assistenzhund willkommen
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Concept, direction, performance: Santiago Mariño
Music, mixing and sound design: Tomás Ripoll
Light design: Dana Maxim
Costume design: Johanne Schröder
Dramaturgical Support: Morteza Zarei and Nargess Behrouzian
Vocal coaching: Marcelo Lucero
Graphic design: Christian Robles
Photo: Nargess Behrouzian

Special thanks to:
Antje Cordes, Giulia Casartelli, kemelo nozipho sehlapelo

Funder and (co)producers: Hessische Theaterakademie, Kulturamt Gießen, Kulturamt Frankfurt, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm

Biography

Santiago Mariño is a Colombian dance artist  based in Germany. He holds a BA in Perfoming Arts from Universidad Distrital. As a dancer he has worked for over 10 years between South America and Europe, performing works of multiple choreographers and touring extensively in both continents. As a choreographer he intersects dance, embodied memory and decolonial thinking. Santiago is also a teacher who seeks to transgress colonial structures of dance transmission and cultivate collective processes of joy and inner work. He worked in dance management for four years and currently pursues an MA in Choreography and Performance at the Hessische Theaterakademie.

Hinweis zu sensorischen Reizen
  • Strobe light
  • Darkness
  • heavy fog