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Min folkdans / ihtōtiā mahcēhua

Min folk dans / ihtōtiā mahcēhua - a new solo work explores Adelina's cultural heritage and considers  themes such as Identity, Nostalgia and Politics.  The artistic research involves enacting pre-hispanic and post-colonial rituals and practices that she was brought up with in Mexico, and study the folk music and dance traditions from her fathers village, Färila in Hälsingland, Sweden.

This projet was initially supported by a Research Residency at Critical Path Choreographic Centre for Research, The Drill December 9-13 2019.

In the Rite II: Solo

In the Rite II: Solo was awarded the Australian Dance Award for Independent Dance 2019. It is composed for a single body with a polyphonic vocal score by Shoeb Ahmed, was commissioned and performed by dance-maker Laura Boynes. It investigates feminine experience through conceptions of resilience, inconvenient space and agency.

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The work premiered at the Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA in August 2019 alongside 'To be Honest' by Sydney -based choreographer Julie-Anne Long.

Image: Laura Boynes, In the Rite II: Solo

Photo: Emma Fishwick

Strange Attractor Lab/Taiwan Residency 

Strange Attractor Lab is currently part of the Taiwan/Australia digital residency exchange. The lab, hosted by ArtWave and Critical  Path engaged selected artists and organisations from Taiwan and Australia to instigate conversation and support future collaboration throughout 2020 and 2021.

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Strange Attractor Lab focus on Trans-disciplinary practices and non-binary forms to help shape our articulation of how experimental practice behaves, how it moves and thinks through embodied research. It operates as an interface between the artists as collaborative peers and their audiences/publics to develop new languages for artistic practice and insight to artistic research.

Image: Amelia McQueen, Strange Attractor Lab 2014

Photo: Lorna Sim

In T(w)o

In T(w)o is a new work currently in development between Rhiannon Newton and Adelina Larsson Mendoza. It deals with the situation of being two, developing strategies for resisting and complexifying dominant narratives associated with being two.

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It was developed and performed at the Lock-Up Newcastle and  recently presented at Platform 2019 curated by Martin del Amo and Tess de Quincey at Articulate Project Space, Sydney.

Image: Adelina Larsson Mendoza and Rhiannon Newton, In T(w)O

Photo: Alison Laird

Image: Archived Image of Wedding in Delsbo, Halsingland Sweden