paty lorena solorzano
Artist Statement
As an artist, choreographer, performer, and teacher I begin my work with questions on the social, political, economic, and environmental ecologies I live in. Specifically, my work speaks from a Latinx cultural standpoint and uses a critical feminist lens to examine the body through movement and to expose the evidence it carries as important and valuable. I like to work in collaboration with other artists and thinkers by implementing various artistic practices/tools which include but are not limited to improvisation, pedagogy, writing, drawing, film, and walking--tools that can help us see the body as an agent of change.
I am constantly investigative, curious and open to inspiration. A walk through the woods, the detail of an object, an intriguing text, gestures or interactions between people and their environments—to me there is texture and beauty in even the most mundane. Receptivity and sensitivity to the environment that surrounds me keeps my work evolving, and I feel that as such, dance is a constant process that allows me to reveal myself and explore subject matter that I find important, critical and relevant to address.
Dance is an extension of culture—of social culture and of culture of the self. It has been a medium through which I have been able to express my personal history—the syncretism developed through my experience migrating from México to the United States at a young age—and it is a reflection of my thoughts and questions as a human being walking in this world.
Dance is storytelling; a time capsule. It is energy transformed in our bodies that tells stories and connects people to themselves and to each other. My work is a reaction to the world I live in, how I perceive it and how I hope it could be. As a performer and choreographer, I investigate through the body because it speaks in a way that forces us to see the truth in it. Dance can provoke discussions, and expose, re-expose and transform the often unheard or unseen.
I am constantly investigative, curious and open to inspiration. A walk through the woods, the detail of an object, an intriguing text, gestures or interactions between people and their environments—to me there is texture and beauty in even the most mundane. Receptivity and sensitivity to the environment that surrounds me keeps my work evolving, and I feel that as such, dance is a constant process that allows me to reveal myself and explore subject matter that I find important, critical and relevant to address.
Dance is an extension of culture—of social culture and of culture of the self. It has been a medium through which I have been able to express my personal history—the syncretism developed through my experience migrating from México to the United States at a young age—and it is a reflection of my thoughts and questions as a human being walking in this world.
Dance is storytelling; a time capsule. It is energy transformed in our bodies that tells stories and connects people to themselves and to each other. My work is a reaction to the world I live in, how I perceive it and how I hope it could be. As a performer and choreographer, I investigate through the body because it speaks in a way that forces us to see the truth in it. Dance can provoke discussions, and expose, re-expose and transform the often unheard or unseen.