Azor, 2020
Quito, Ecuador

Azor: Dancing Under the Equator

To dance under the sun
is to remember the body
as the first site,

to swim in crude memories
of the solar system
and of the earth—

an origin in motion.

The body,
embracing the textile,
becomes the canvas that receives the rays
and paints cyanotypes
through the dancer’s stillness
or activity–flow–vibration.

The performance unfolds in three states:
it transgresses violent identities,
it recognizes itself,

and it mutates.

Poetry and song give birth to the pleasure of this displacement,
to the intimacy that
stirs—interferes—transmutes.

The garment
extends the body and its

possibilities,

a dialogue with
kinesis,
and remains as the trace of experience.

Yazmeen P. Loaiza

Collaborators: Camila Maldonado (Fashion Design), Claudia Nevado (Dance and Performance), and Olmedo Guerra (Poetry and Music).