Moyra Silva Rodríguez & José Avilés – March 22 & 31!
Pictured: Moyra Silva, photo by Fatima Sastre
Lenora Lee Dance presents internationally acclaimed Peruvian dance and physical theater artists
Moyra Silva Rodríguez & José Avilés
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 8pm at Joe Goode Annex, SF
Join us for a rare opportunity to see excerpts of “TORO / BULL” by José Avilés of CRUDO Colectivo & “UPROAR” by Moyra Silva
In TORO / BULL, CRUDO Colectivo and José Avilés take us on a poetic journey of introspection. Through physical theater, this piece explores the weaving of memory, inviting us to find our place in the infinite threads of existence.
UPROAR by Rieckhof-Silva uses dance, costume design, and audiovisual elements to immerse audiences in a dynamic portrayal of protest and collective power. Transitioning between ancestral rituals and contemporary movements, it reimagines rebellion as a bridge between past and present, echoing themes of solidarity and resistance.
Together, these works highlight the many ways Peruvian artists respond to shared cultural roots, offering profound insights into identity, memory, and the transformative power of art.
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On Monday, March 31, 11am-2pm, José Avilés of CRUDO Colectivo will lead a
Movement Workshop at Joe Goode Annex, SF
Experience excerpts from two transformative performances that reflect on heritage, resistance, and the interplay between memory and action.
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Pictured: José Avilés, photo courtesy of CRUDO Colectivo
“TORO / BULL”
A physical theater work by CRUDO Colectivo, featuring José Avilés
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 8pm at Joe Goode Annex, SF
“The bravery, the majesty, the pride.
The atrocious, the deplorable, the mutilated.
The duality, the symbol No one asked the bull?
In agony it reveals itself”
One-man performance, which tells the story of the birth, life and decline of a beast condemned to veneration and brutality.
Each of my halves could not exist without the other. Can one love the outdoors without hating the cage? Live without dying, be born without killing? In my chest, bullring, freedom and fear fight. Eduardo Galeano.
Created by Lupe Ramos and José Avilés, Performed by José Avilés
A production of Crudo Colectivo Artístico
Content advisory: this presentation contains nudity
video excerpts from CENIZAS / ASHES a recent work by CRUDO, featuring José Avilés. (This is not the work to be performed)
José Avilés (Lima, Peru) is an artist and cultural manager. Since 2014, they have directed CRUDO, an artistic collective that promotes scenic research from an interdisciplinary perspective, developing exhibition and training programs. Starting in 2024, they curate Cuerpo Atardecer, an Ibero-American dance and performance program, and began managing Espacio Huaca, a platform for artistic residencies. They have carried out projects in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, the United States, Spain, and other countries. IG: @crudocolectivo_. Photos by Alejandro Bartra and courtesy of CRUDO
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Photo by Fatima Sastre
UPROAR (Excerpts)
A solo multimedia performance exploring protest and collective action by Rieckhof-Silva
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 8pm at Joe Goode Annex, SF
UPROAR explores diverse expressions of protest through rebellious choreography, sound-producing costumes, and archival audiovisuals, examining the physical and symbolic relationships between individual and collective bodies. The performance celebrates the right to protest, embodying themes of solidarity, resilience, and transformation. Inspired by Latin American street protests, particularly the Peruvian riots of 2022/2023 in response to the tragic loss of civilian lives under a dictatorial government, UPROAR intertwines dance, costume design, and ancestral traditions to reflect on shared struggles and hopes. Through movement and audience participation, UPROAR becomes an act of protest and resistance, unearthing hidden narratives and inviting audiences to respond to the transformative power of collective action in the face of injustice.
Original Concept and Direction: Rieckhof-Silva
Choreography/Performance: Moyra Silva
Video/sound Editing and Projection: Moyra Silva
Costume Design, Props and Installation: Carolina Rieckhof
Violin: Camila Alva
Premiered at Theatre Deli, as part of Voilá Festival in London, November 2024
More information: https://uproarprojekt.my.canva.site/website
UPROAR REVIEWS
“A unique, personal, and exciting piece of work, shedding important light on the political crisis in Peru (…) by uniting collective voices through movement and incredibly unique costume.” – Esther Hallas, Theatre Deli
“Even If I am not from Peru, it made me think deeply about facts from history and the recent past of my country and I felt the same frustration, anger, persistence. (…) your performance touched my thoughts and heart.” – Audience response
“Uproar invites viewers to collectively resist and remember the dynamics of oppression and domination through movement, which highlights the significance of collective action.” – Anthropologist Santiago Cardosa, UCL
Moyra Silva (Lima / London) is dancer, director and researcher linking the performing/visual arts, and the anthropology of dance. Her practice centres relations of place through the body, interculturality, mixed ethnic identity. Her embodied research is interested in the possibilities of art to create moments of reflection by connecting an individual bodily experience with the collective body, through imagination and memory. She develops creative processes, performances and workshops, through affective, collaboration and self-exploration processes. Her projects have a social and political effect, through generating experiences that involve audiences, making them participants as protagonists or activating their sensibility. Examples of this approach are the projects”UPROAR” (London, 2024), ‘Nave’ (Lima, 2019), the site-specific dance film ‘Limas Utópicas’ (Lima, 2019), and ‘Kroppsbroer’ (Trondheim, 2020). Moyra’s artistic creation has been granted by Peruvian Minister of Culture, the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte-Americano (PE), El Centro Cultural de España (PE), FAE – Festival de artes escénicas de Lima (PE), German Federal Foreign Office and Goethe Institut (DE), Trondheim Municipal Council (NO). Moyra holds a Bachelor’s in Communication Science and Arts, and a Master’s in Dance Anthropology (Erasmus Mundus scholarship holder) focusing on migration and the overseas Chinese community in Europe and the Americas. https://moyrasilvaportfolio.my.canva.site/ @moyra_silva. Photo by Fatima Sastre
The Rieckhof/Silva Collective A collaboration between two Peruvian immigrant artists, Carolina Rieckhof (costume and prop designer) and Moyra Silva (director and movement thinker). Through their work, they transform collective pain into a healing process, blending ancestral knowledge with innovative artistic practices. Their journey began in November 2023 at SHIFT+SPACE in Theatre Deli, where they presented the initial ideas for their interdisciplinary performance, Uproar. Since then, they have expanded their creative practice through key platforms such as the Migration Festival, Rambert Dance Studios, and the Voila Festival 2024. They are artists in “Space for Action” at Siobhan Davies Studios, where they continued to explore the intersection of dance, activism, and community engagement. Photo by Ewa Emini
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CRUDO MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
By José Avilés
Monday, March 31st, 11am – 2pm
at Joe Goode Annex- 401 Alabama Street, SF 94110
Peruvian artist José Avilés will share different dynamics of movement exploration, which respond to the time of work and processes shared in CRUDO Colectivo; oriented to stimulate: power, agility, multiple senses, fluidity, from a somatic and creative consciousness. Boxing, kung fu, physical theater and dance are the references that enrich José’s practice. This workshop will progressively go through different phases, and build on choreographic and improvisational structures.
José Avilés (Lima, Peru) is a dancer, choreographer and cultural manager. Since 2010 he has been involved in the management of different artistic and cultural management projects. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Universidad San Martín de Porres and is currently studying for a Master’s in Public Management at the Universidad del Pacífico. Since 2014 he has been directing CRUDO, an artistic collective that develops research on the body, movement and performance from an interdisciplinary perspective. He was Head of Performing Arts at the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano – ICPNA between 2016 and 2022, designing and managing the programming of international festivals, training programmes, artistic residencies and stage productions. Since 2022, he has been part of KRACC Centro de Creación, a space for artistic residencies in Lima – Peru, oriented to the research of performing arts and their encounter with different technologies. He has participated as an artist and cultural manager in different international platforms in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, the United States, Spain, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel, Singapore and Peru. IG: @crudocolectivo_ @joseavilesf. Photos by Julissa Suarez
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER
LENORA LEE DANCE
For the last 17 years Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) has pushed the envelope of intimate and large-scale multimedia, immersive dance performance connecting various styles of movement/dance, film, text, research and music to culture, history, and human rights issues. LLD’s works are set in both public and private spaces, inspired by individual stories as well as community strength. From the proscenium, to even underwater, the company’s pieces are site-responsive and immersive calling audiences into deep engagement with the work and environment. Through partnerships, LLD’s work has grown to encompass the creation, presentation and screening of films, museum and gallery installations, civic engagement, and educational programming signifying the power of art as a movement for change. www.LenoraLeeDance.com, IG: @LenoraLeeDance
Moyra Silva Rodríguez & José Avilés will also be performing in the U.S. Premiere of
A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente
A multimedia experience by the award-winning Lenora Lee Dance in collaboration with Moyra Silva Rodríguez
Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29 at 8pm, and Sunday, March 30 at 3pm
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 – 24th Street, San Francisco, 94110
Box Office: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com
A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente is a multimedia dance collaboration between U.S. and Peruvian dancers expanding perspectives on immigration in the Americas by looking at the legacies of racialized labor exploitation and anti-immigrant sentiment in both countries. Through dance, video, archival images, and interviews with the descendants of Chinese indentured servants in Peru and the U.S., this 50-minute piece honors the struggles and lasting cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants to Peruvian and U.S. societies, uplifting the perseverance of these communities made up of multiracial descendants today. Photo of Johnny Huy Nguyễn & Lynn Huang, by Robbie Sweeny
