Ojalá
Sofía Ontiveros
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Dance
Ojalá… (Hopefully…) explores the aftermath of interpersonal betrayals. When one who loves you deeply, hurts you deeply, two contradicting truths begin to coexist: the love and lack thereof. The betrayal acts as a catalyst, unveiling new truths, which begin to question your prior reality. Can both old and new realities live simultaneously and hold the same weight? How does the body react after living and merging two juxtaposing experiences into one? Will the lesson outweigh the pain? Ojalá… explores connections, their stumbles upon betrayals, and their search for healing. Ojalá… dives into the risks taken in connections, with the hope it leads us to what we truly seek within.
“We first met Sofia when she presented at the digital version of CAMINOS in 2021. We were very curious about this merging voice and her approach to dance. She uses text and movement drawing from the personal and her Mexican roots. She is contemporary and daring. In her previous work and in this experimentation, I see a strong vision and an artist who is developing and maturing their artistic language.” – Beatriz Pizano
September 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Tickets are purchased through the Factory Theatre website above. A ticket to CAMINOS allows access to all presentations throughout an evening, and can be purchased on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis : $15 – $30 – $60.
Choreography
Sofía Ontiveros
Producer
Jasmine Au
Collaborator and dancer
María Riaño
Dancer
Simon Mazziotti
Dancer
Aryana Malekzadeh
Dancer
Danielle Davis
Dancer
Kiah Francis
Dancer
Frédérique Perron
Ojala has been supported by National Ballet of Canada’s Open Space programme and Toronto Metropolitan University
About the artist
Sofía Ontiveros is a dance artist and choreographer based in Tkaronto, Ontario, and México. Sofía is a queer, white, Mexican woman, and carries these parts of her identity through her works by questioning and exploring social constructs and how they play on individual or interpersonal relationships. Sofía is a 2021 graduate from Toronto Metropolitan University’s The Creative School BFA Dance Program. The TMU faculty chose her for the Lipson Family Endowment Award for an Emerging Choreographer. Her most recent works include Universo de textos, pt.1-6, live streamed online through Aluna Theatre’s CAMINOS 2021, Siéntate bien performed live at Underscore Projects through CREATO’s Nature with Nurture 2021 exhibition, and Ojalá… showcased at The Citadel’s Night Shift 2022, co-produced with Fall for Dance North. She is currently reworking and transforming her piece Ojalá…, which will be showcased this year at CAMINOS 2023 by Aluna Theatre, and The Citadel Dance Mix 2023 by The Citadel + Compagnie.