Gabriela

Gabriela: artist, mother, immigrant. Her art establish spaces of collective experiences by summoning Earth-based knowledge, from nature and the memories of the cells into a concrete and radical presence.

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List of works from 1990-2021

1999: ”Desert” a solo performance at Space catastrophe festival in Belgium-Finland.
2003: ”Inhabiting” solo performance/installation at Zodiak, Helsinki-Finland.
2007: ”Soneto sola” Performance, voice, dance at caisa’s cultural center, Helsinki-Finland. 2010: ”Lights” an open rehearsal, performance for 13 senior dancers. Zodiak, Helsinki- Finland
2011:* ”People of Earth” performance, dance, singing at the Emma’s museo on the Mapuche culture exhibition. Espoo-Finland.
*”Mute dance” Exploratory and improvised performance, working with voice, movement, story telling, installation. Z-free, Zodiak, Helsinki-Finland.
*”Santiago” Environmental art performance for 30 performers (dancers and actors) during an art residence in GAM’s cultural center in Santiago-Chile.
2012: ”Stories from our lives” a dance performance for 17 elders, Zodiak, helsinki-Finland. 2014 ”Forte” Human specie project, environmental art performance for 12 dancers at Matucana 100 theater in Santiago-Chile.
2015: *”Kolibri” Environmental performance for children at Malmi’s park’s cultural center.
*”Life flow” solo performance and workshop at the Girl’s house, Helsinki-Finland.
2016: ”Human specie” Performance with non-dancers, music and voice. Performances at Le petit festival in Hanko, Croatia and at Caisa’s cultural center.
2017: ”Soul’s retrieval” The performer became a ritual holder. This piece was rehears in the forests of Nuuksio and perform at Caisa’s cultural center in Helsinki-Finland. The Soundscape for the piece was created by Tuomas Rounakari and Gabriela Aldana.
2018: ”Nature in me” as a director working the concept of nature’s connection performance in nature. Cooperating with the chilean artist Leslie Apablaza.
2019: ”Tree of Shame”- plastic, there is so much in the ocean as shame in the body.- Performance, installation, music/voice. At Caisa’s cultural center. 2021: Artist in residence at Haltia Nature Center in Nuuksio’s forests in Espoo- Finland
2021 Choreographer and performer at ”Depth of the origin”. performances at Nuuksio forest in Finland.

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