Winds Throat/ Garganta del viento

Music and programming by: Diana M Suarez-Vargas and Luis Maurette
Circuitry and Choreography: Diana M Suarez-Vargas
Costume Design: by Natta Haotzima
Dancers: First Movement: Natta Haotzima
Second Movement: Maria Carolina Morales, Adriana Sanchez,
Sarah Kester, and Judith Suarez.


La Garganta del Viento explora el sonido y el movimiento atraves del uso de tecnologia. Esta pieza partio de la idea de utilizar circuitos electronicos basicos para explorar la relacion directa entre el sonido y la luz y se expandio hasta integrar la computadora y la danza. Lo fundamental de esta pieza es la coneccion de los movimientos de la bailarinas, las cuales catalizan sonidos al golpear el piso con los pies o al interrumpir el paso de la luz. Esta innovacion lleva la danza a un nuevo nivel en el cual las bailarinas, se convierten en compositoras musicales de su propio movimiento. El uso de tecnologia interactiva me permite crear un puente entre lo visual y lo sonoro.

La Garganta del Viento tambien explora la dualidad que existe en mi ser, el sentirme volatil y efimera en un mundo al que no pertenezco y en contraparte mi fuerza interior al conectarme con la tierra y mis ancestros.

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Wind’s Throat incorporates various elements of hardware electronics combined with computer programming to create a link between the dancer's bodies and the sonic elements they are interacting with. This exploration allows the dancers to feel a more intricate connection with the music as they move through the light and as they trigger sounds with their feet. This innovative combination takes dance to a new level of performance where the dancers become musical composers of their own movement. The use of interactive technology allows me to create a bridge between sonic and visual elements.

Wind’s Throat also explores the duality that exists inside of me, in feeling volatile and ephemeral in a world in which I don’t belong while being strong and connected to the earth and my ancestors.