ISABEL DE NAVERÁN. “ENVOLTURA, HISTORIA Y SÍNCOPE”

“ENVOLTURA, HISTORIA Y SINCOPE”
Introduction by Andrea Rodrigo

“Envoltura, historia y síncope” arises from the circumstances surrounding the death of Antonia Mercé y Luque, La Argentina (1890-1936), flamenco and folk dancer, who was the first artist to be decorated by the Second Spanish Republic. Her physical death, which occurred suddenly on 18th July, 1936 is understood here in relation to the collective feeling of the times, as a reflection of a fracture in the line of history. This fracture is repeated at different times through artists like the Japanese Kazuo Ohno, who recovers the figure of La Argentina 50 years later after having watched her dance.

This performative conference makes its Bilbao debut coinciding with the publication of the book with the same name by Caniche. The text proposes an affectionate journey exploring how movement is transferable from one body to another and how images, outlines, drawings and rhythms appear in the attempt to anchor it.

Isabel de Naverán (Getxo, 1976) is an Azkuna Zentroa associated researcher, who researches the body in relation to History as well as the history of the bodies in the field of contemporary choreography.

Andrea Rodrigo (Madrid, 1992) studied philosophy and works as a curator and researcher in the field of contemporary choreography and dance. She is involved in contexts like Performing Arts Forum, St. Erme, France; CA2M, Madrid where she recently curated the programme Lo que ya se intuye; and Bulegoa z/b, where she performed co-ordination tasks in 2017 and 2018. Furthermore, she helped Isabel de Naverán with the writing and research for the book Envoltura, historia y síncope.