transcendence – trance ‘n dance (performance)

transcendence – trance ’n dance is a poetic-political performance which explores the power of dance as a tool of bodily reappropriation and of trance as a state of heightened awareness. It is a critique to the body and gender oppression we are subject to within this colonialist, patriarchal and capitalist society. The piece depicts a sonic battle between a set of loudspeakers and a drum circle. I am the mediator of this clash, controlling and generating the actions through a vaginal muscle reader. In this text, I describe the dramaturgy behind the performance and delve into the narrative elements that form it, finding their ground within feminist theory.

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Pamela Varela

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Publication date: September 2021

Publication date (Print): September 2021

Pages: 105-111

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/POM2021.14

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Conference name: Proceedings of Politics of the Machines - Rogue Research 2021

Conference acronym: POM 2021

Conference number: 3

Conference location: Berlin, Germany

Conference date: September 14-17, 2021

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: debate and devise concepts and practices that seek to critically question and unravel novel modes of science

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[1] L. Almaguer (2019). Jovan. [Podcast] La hora trans. Available at http://open.spotify.com/ episode/2rk7ranCPgquuPYEDuy2H6?si=DX4FpECDTaaPHaAh_axSaw (Accessed May 2020). Translated by me.

[2] M. Angelou (1978) And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems. New York: Random House.

[3] G. Anzaldúa (1987) Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.

[4] M. Donnarumma (2019) Î”NFANG. Available at: http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/anfang/ (Accessed February 2021).

[5] S. Federici (2020) Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism. Oakland: PM Press.

[6] M. Galindo (2020) Las cinco pandemias que azotan al Culo del Mundo. Lavaca. Available at http://www.lavaca.org/notas/las-cinco-pandemias-que-azotan-al-culo-del-mundo-por-maria-galindo/ (Accessed May 2020). Translated by me.

[7] H. Hester (2018) Xenofeminism. Cambridge: Polity Press.

[8] Het Hem (2020) Dance of Urgency. Available at: http://hethem.nl/en/Het-Hem/Calendar/2020/09/ Dance-Of-Urgency (Accessed February 2021).

[9] Julia Kristeva (2013) Julia Kristeva WEAVING POLITICS. 5 Feb. 2013. Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyxPkgtes1Y (Accessed March 2020).

[10] La Tinta (2018) María Sabina, la mujer espíritu. Available at: http://latinta.com.ar/2018/07/maria-sabina-mujer-espiritu/ (Accessed May 2021).

[11] R. Lechuga and C. Sayer (1995) Mask Arts of Mexico. Photographed by David Lavender. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

[12] C. Sánchez Santiago (2018) Natsiká, poesía y blues. Mexico City: Pluralia Ediciones.

[13] Stedelijk Museum (2018) MICHELE RIZZO ARTIST PROFILE. Available at: http://www.stedelijk.nl /en/digdeeper/michel-rizzo (Accessed March 2020).

[14] G. Stein (1980) The Yale Gertrude Stein. New Haven: Yale University Press.

[15] Y. Volkart (2020) “Techno-EcoFeminism: Nonhuman Sensations in Technoplanetary Layers” in Sollfrank, C (Ed.) The Beautiful Warriors. Technofeminist Praxis in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Autonomedia.

[16] J. Wajcman (2004) TechnoFeminism. Cambridge: Polity Press

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