YESENIA
FUENTES
Photos by David Wong
Explores the variety of shapes and dimensions of connection. Coming out from the period of isolation, we are searching for meaningful experiences of connecting and re-connecting to our own bodies, the self, the other, the human, and the universal. The paradox of inter-personal connection is rooted in the simple logic: without a meaningful connection to the self, a heartfelt connection to the external world is compromised. However, as a society rooted in the cult of over-productivity, external success and public achievement, we often resist solitude and loathe the so-called “undesirable” and “unsuccessful” parts of our identities – vulnerability, softness and an ultimate fragility of human existence. Looking to break the globally accepted cycles of self-imposed violence, four performers tap into the potential of the inner body and explore a more constructive vision of vulnerability as a source of ultimate creativity and connection
Music: Juliette Badbarn & Lukas Maxit
Presented at Parc des Carrières in Montreal. September 2020