Fragmentos

Drawing on Julio Ramón Ribeyro’s Alienación, this performance tells the story of a young man who suppresses his Latino identity. With half his body stuck on the inside of a mirror, the performer watches and reacts. This is the moment in time in which the protagonist – the reflection – recognizes that the transformation he has endured has resulted in a fragmentation, a breaking down, and questions whether he should subsist with, or resist, this fragmentation.

October 10, 2019 at 7:30 PM

About the artist

Sebastian Oreamuno is a PhD student in Dance Studies program at York University (Toronto, Ontario). He holds a BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, B.C.) and an MA in Dance from York University. His passion for dance began at a young age in Chile, and was later reignited when he began taking ballet and hip hop classes in Squamish, B.C. His current academic interests lie in the interstice of movement, migration and memories.

Juan Pablo Pinto Mendoza is a digital storyteller who utilizes photography and film as his primary narrative form. Born in Colombia, Juan Pablo immigrated to Canada at the age of 19. He is currently completing his PhD in Social Anthropology at York University. Pinto Mendoza draws on his experience as an immigrant as well as his academic background to explore identity, culture, memory and discourse. He enjoys using poetic and experimental approaches as well as magical realism to fulfill his artistic vision. Pinto Mendoza aspires to challenge his audience to question notions of nationhood and belonging in their everyday interactions.